# ERNIE 5.1 vs Mistral Medium 3.1

> ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/ernie-5-1-vs-mistral-medium-3-1
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. ERNIE 5.1 scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Medium 3.1 in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 20.9 to 10.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 23.4% for ERNIE 5.1 and 6.5% for Mistral Medium 3.1.

## Snapshot

| | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Baidu | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 43.1 | 31.5 |
| Rank | 87 | 260 |
| Context | — | 131K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.40 |
| Output $/M | — | $2 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- ERNIE 5.1: 43.4 (#78)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1488 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- ERNIE 5.1: —
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Search | 1227 | — |

## Reasoning

- ERNIE 5.1: 20.9 (#209)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.1 (#336)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 23.4% | 6.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 20.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1481 | — |

## Math

- ERNIE 5.1: 37.5 (#96)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1481 | — |

## Knowledge

- ERNIE 5.1: 41.2 (#103)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1491 | — |

## Multilingual

- ERNIE 5.1: 55.7 (#28)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1455 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1507 | — |
| LMArena French | 1486 | — |
| LMArena German | 1470 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1422 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1428 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1459 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1472 | — |

## Instruction Following

- ERNIE 5.1: 76.9 (#35)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1460 | — |

## Long Context

- ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#56)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1462 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- ERNIE 5.1: 65.3 (#50)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.6 (#140)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1468 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1440 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1476 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1471 | — |

## FAQ

### Is ERNIE 5.1 better than Mistral Medium 3.1?

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3.