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Mistral Medium 3.5

Mistral Medium 3.5 by Mistral AI ranks 152nd of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 40.2. Its strongest category is multimodal, where it ranks 65th. API pricing starts at $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens, with a 262K-token context window.

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Specifications

Noometry rank
#152 of 354
Index score
40.2
Evidence
Confirmed 22 results
Provider
Mistral AI
Released
Unknown
Weights
Open weights
Reasoning
Yes
Context window
262K
Max output
210K
Input price
$1.50 / M
Output price
$7.50 / M
Blended price
$3 / M
Output speed
50 tokens/s Kagi
Value
#169 of 219
Knowledge cutoff
Unknown
Input
text, image, file

Category scores

Each category score combines every public result we have in that category.

Mistral Medium 3.5 category scores
  1. Coding 36.0
  2. Reasoning 17.3
  3. Math 39.1
  4. Knowledge 40.0
  5. Multimodal 38.3
  6. Multilingual 51.9
  7. Instruction Following 74.6
  8. Long Context 43.2
  9. Writing & Preference 58.5
Mistral Medium 3.5 category ranks
CategoryScoreRankResults
Coding36.0#2132
Reasoning17.3#2953
Math39.1#1131
Knowledge40.0#1261
Multimodal38.3#651
Multilingual51.9#1001
Instruction Following74.6#901
Long Context43.2#1031
Writing & Preference58.5#1174

Strengths and weaknesses

Categories where Mistral Medium 3.5 places highest and lowest among the models ranked in each, with its score against that category's median.

Strongest categories

Mistral Medium 3.5: strongest categories
CategoryScorevs medianRank
Instruction Following74.6+3.3#90 of 305, top 30%
Multilingual51.9+4.5#100 of 297, top 34%
Math39.1+2.6#113 of 327, top 35%

Weakest categories

Mistral Medium 3.5: weakest categories
CategoryScorevs medianRank
Reasoning17.3−6.3#295 of 350, top 85%
Coding36.0−2.7#213 of 340, top 63%
Multimodal38.3−0.2#65 of 128, top 51%

Closest competitors

The models ranked just above and below Mistral Medium 3.5. When scores are this close, price and speed are often the better way to choose.

Models ranked closest to Mistral Medium 3.5
ModelRankScoreBlended $/MSpeed
Granite 4.2 8B#14840.5$0.11—Compare
Step 3#14940.5—7Compare
MiniMax M1#15040.3$0.96—Compare
Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5#15140.3$0.40—Compare
Nemotron 3 Super#15340.1$0.17—Compare
Llama 3.3 Nemotron 49b Super v1#15440.1——Compare
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning#15540.0$0.0875—Compare
Qwen3.7 Flash#15639.9$0.055—Compare

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Benchmark results

Every published result we track, with its source. Bold rows are the ones used for ranking; where several exist we prefer independent runs over self-reported numbers.

Coding

Mistral Medium 3.5 Coding benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena WebDev1264#99 of 113, top 88%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Coding1461#70 of 294, top 24%LMArena2026-10-08

Reasoning

Mistral Medium 3.5 Reasoning benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
Kagi LLM Benchmark41.4%#75 of 99, top 76%Kagi LLM Benchmark
NYT Connections (extended)12.9%#85 of 91, top 94%highLech Mazur benchmarks
LMArena Hard Prompts1436#84 of 297, top 29%LMArena2026-10-08
Epoch Capabilities Index141.35#103 of 213, top 49%Epoch AI2026-04-28

Math

Mistral Medium 3.5 Math benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Math1431#83 of 285, top 30%LMArena2026-10-08

Knowledge

Mistral Medium 3.5 Knowledge benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Expert1432#93 of 273, top 35%LMArena2026-10-08

Multimodal

Mistral Medium 3.5 Multimodal benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Vision1223#70 of 122, top 58%LMArena2026-10-09

Multilingual

Mistral Medium 3.5 Multilingual benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Non-English1404#100 of 297, top 34%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Chinese1442#109 of 285, top 39%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena French1448#73 of 223, top 33%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena German1451#43 of 231, top 19%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Korean1385#71 of 213, top 34%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Russian1395#111 of 283, top 40%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Spanish1409#101 of 226, top 45%LMArena2026-10-08

Instruction Following

Mistral Medium 3.5 Instruction Following benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Instruction Following1415#79 of 298, top 27%LMArena2026-10-08

Long Context

Mistral Medium 3.5 Long Context benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Longer Query1415#98 of 291, top 34%LMArena2026-10-08

Writing & Preference

Mistral Medium 3.5 Writing & Preference benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Text1421#90 of 297, top 31%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Creative Writing1374#107 of 295, top 37%LMArena2026-10-08
EQ-Bench 4993#28 of 28, top 100%EQ-Bench
LMArena Multi-Turn1423#93 of 295, top 32%LMArena2026-10-08

API pricing by provider

Mistral Medium 3.5 API prices
RouteInput $/MOutput $/MCached input $/MChecked
openrouter$1.50$7.50—2026-10-10

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Frequently asked questions

How good is Mistral Medium 3.5?

Mistral Medium 3.5 by Mistral AI ranks 152nd of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 40.2. Its strongest category is multimodal, where it ranks 65th. API pricing starts at $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens, with a 262K-token context window.

How much does Mistral Medium 3.5 cost?

Mistral Medium 3.5 costs $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 per million output tokens on openrouter.

What is Mistral Medium 3.5's context window?

Mistral Medium 3.5 accepts up to 262K tokens of input and can write up to 210K tokens in one response.

Is Mistral Medium 3.5 open source?

Yes. Mistral Medium 3.5's weights are downloadable; check the license for commercial terms.

How fast is Mistral Medium 3.5?

Mistral Medium 3.5 generated about 50 output tokens per second in the Kagi LLM Benchmark's timed runs. Speed varies by provider, load and reasoning effort.

What are Mistral Medium 3.5's strengths and weaknesses?

Relative to other ranked models, Mistral Medium 3.5 places best in instruction following, multilingual, math and lowest in reasoning, coding, multimodal.

What is Mistral Medium 3.5 best at?

Its best category is multimodal, where it ranks 65th on Noometry.