# Laguna M.1 vs Mistral Medium 3.5

> Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

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

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Laguna M.1 scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Medium 3.5 in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Mistral Medium 3.5 leads 36.4 to 20.3.

## Snapshot

| | Laguna M.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Poolside | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 39.6 |
| Rank | 252 | 151 |
| Context | 262K | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $1.50 |
| Output $/M | — | $7.50 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Laguna M.1: 36.4 (#195)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 35.7 (#208)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1348 | 1263 |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1461 |

## Reasoning

- Laguna M.1: 21.9 (#187)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 16.6 (#290)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 41.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 12.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1436 |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 15.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 141.42 |

## Math

- Laguna M.1: 20.3 (#276)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.4 (#113)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 0% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1432 |

## Knowledge

- Laguna M.1: —
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.3 (#123)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1431 |

## Multimodal

- Laguna M.1: —
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 37.6 (#64)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1222 |

## Multilingual

- Laguna M.1: —
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 52.1 (#93)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1405 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1443 |
| LMArena French | — | 1448 |
| LMArena German | — | 1453 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1387 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1396 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1406 |

## Instruction Following

- Laguna M.1: —
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.7 (#87)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1414 |

## Long Context

- Laguna M.1: —
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#101)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1414 |

## Writing & Preference

- Laguna M.1: —
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.6 (#113)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1421 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1372 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 993 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1423 |

## FAQ

### Is Laguna M.1 better than Mistral Medium 3.5?

Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Laguna M.1 or Mistral Medium 3.5 better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (36.4 vs 35.7); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 262K tokens.

### How many benchmarks do Laguna M.1 and Mistral Medium 3.5 share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Laguna M.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.