# Hy3 vs Mistral Medium 3.5

> Hy3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 39.6 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/hy3-vs-mistral-medium-3-5
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Hy3 scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral Medium 3.5 in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Hy3 leads 46.6 to 35.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 41.2% for Hy3 and 12.9% for Mistral Medium 3.5.
- Hy3 is cheaper at $0.13 / $0.53 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Mistral Medium 3.5.

## Snapshot

| | Hy3 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Tencent | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 43.6 | 39.6 |
| Rank | 79 | 151 |
| Context | 262K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.13 | $1.50 |
| Output $/M | $0.53 | $7.50 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Hy3: 46.6 (#60)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 35.7 (#208)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1509 | 1263 |
| LMArena Coding | 1465 | 1461 |

## Reasoning

- Hy3: 25.0 (#134)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 16.6 (#290)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 41.2% | 12.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1449 | 1436 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 41.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 141.42 |

## Math

- Hy3: 37.4 (#98)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.4 (#113)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1475 | 1432 |

## Knowledge

- Hy3: 40.2 (#108)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.3 (#123)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1461 | 1431 |

## Multimodal

- Hy3: —
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 37.6 (#64)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1222 |

## Multilingual

- Hy3: 53.7 (#60)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 52.1 (#93)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1427 | 1405 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1496 | 1443 |
| LMArena French | 1461 | 1448 |
| LMArena Korean | 1390 | 1387 |
| LMArena Russian | 1435 | 1396 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1448 | 1406 |
| LMArena German | — | 1453 |

## Instruction Following

- Hy3: 75.3 (#68)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.7 (#87)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1425 | 1414 |

## Long Context

- Hy3: 44.1 (#70)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#101)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1443 | 1414 |

## Writing & Preference

- Hy3: 62.5 (#75)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.6 (#113)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1442 | 1421 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1399 | 1372 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1436 | 1423 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 993 |

## FAQ

### Is Hy3 better than Mistral Medium 3.5?

Hy3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.6 to 39.6 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Hy3 or Mistral Medium 3.5?

Hy3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.13 per million input tokens and $0.53 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.5 lists at $1.50 and $7.50.

### Is Hy3 or Mistral Medium 3.5 better for coding?

Hy3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.6 versus 35.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 262K tokens.

### How many benchmarks do Hy3 and Mistral Medium 3.5 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Hy3 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.