# Mistral Large 4 vs Mistral Medium 3.5

> Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-large-4-vs-mistral-medium-3-5
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 14

## Summary

- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 4 scores higher in 7 categories and Mistral Medium 3.5 in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Mistral Large 4 leads 48.6 to 36.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 27.4% for Mistral Large 4 and 12.9% for Mistral Medium 3.5.
- Mistral Large 4 is cheaper at $0.68 / $2.09 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Mistral Medium 3.5.
- Mistral Large 4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Large 4 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 43.1 | 40.2 |
| Rank | 99 | 152 |
| Context | 1.05M | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.68 | $1.50 |
| Output $/M | $2.09 | $7.50 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1541 | 1264 |
| LMArena Coding | 1475 | 1461 |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 27.4% | 12.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1444 | 1436 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 41.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 141.35 |

## Math

- Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1488 | 1431 |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1447 | 1432 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 20% | — |

## Multimodal

- Mistral Large 4: —
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1223 |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1415 | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1491 | 1442 |
| LMArena Russian | 1414 | 1395 |
| LMArena French | — | 1448 |
| LMArena German | — | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1385 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1409 |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1424 | 1415 |

## Long Context

- Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1429 | 1415 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)
- Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1427 | 1421 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1361 | 1374 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1424 | 1423 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 993 |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Large 4 better than Mistral Medium 3.5?

Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 4 or Mistral Medium 3.5?

Mistral Large 4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.68 per million input tokens and $2.09 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.5 lists at $1.50 and $7.50.

### Is Mistral Large 4 or Mistral Medium 3.5 better for coding?

Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 36.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 4 and Mistral Medium 3.5 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 4 has 15 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.