# ERNIE 5.1 vs Mistral Medium 3.5

> ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/ernie-5-1-vs-mistral-medium-3-5
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral Medium 3.5 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 44.0 to 36.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 23.4% for ERNIE 5.1 and 12.9% for Mistral Medium 3.5.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Baidu | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 43.8 | 40.2 |
| Rank | 83 | 152 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $1.50 |
| Output $/M | — | $7.50 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- ERNIE 5.1: 44.0 (#76)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1488 | 1461 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1264 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- ERNIE 5.1: —
- Mistral Medium 3.5: —

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Search | 1227 | — |

## Reasoning

- ERNIE 5.1: 21.9 (#211)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 23.4% | 12.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1481 | 1436 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 41.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 141.35 |

## Math

- ERNIE 5.1: 40.3 (#92)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1481 | 1431 |

## Knowledge

- ERNIE 5.1: 41.9 (#102)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1492 | 1432 |

## Multimodal

- ERNIE 5.1: —
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1223 |

## Multilingual

- ERNIE 5.1: 55.5 (#29)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1454 | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1508 | 1442 |
| LMArena French | 1488 | 1448 |
| LMArena German | 1470 | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | 1427 | 1385 |
| LMArena Russian | 1459 | 1395 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1473 | 1409 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1422 | — |

## Instruction Following

- ERNIE 5.1: 76.7 (#37)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1460 | 1415 |

## Long Context

- ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#59)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1462 | 1415 |

## Writing & Preference

- ERNIE 5.1: 65.1 (#52)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1468 | 1421 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1441 | 1374 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1471 | 1423 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 993 |

## FAQ

### Is ERNIE 5.1 better than Mistral Medium 3.5?

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Is ERNIE 5.1 or Mistral Medium 3.5 better for coding?

ERNIE 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 36.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and Mistral Medium 3.5 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.