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Mistral AI
Mistral AI

Command A vs Mistral Medium 3.1

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Command A wins:

  • Larger context window

Mistral Medium 3.1 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
Price Advantage
Mistral Medium 3.1
Benchmark Advantage
Mistral Medium 3.1
Context Window
Command A
Speed
Mistral Medium 3.1

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricCommand AMistral Medium 3.1Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$2.50$0.40 Mistral Medium 3.1
Output (per 1M tokens)$10.00$2.00 Mistral Medium 3.1
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Mistral Medium 3.1 is 82% cheaper overall.

Command A Providers

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Mistral Medium 3.1 Providers

No provider data available

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Command A Wins
5
Mistral Medium 3.1 Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkCommand AMistral Medium 3.1Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
13.521.3
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
9.918.3
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
13.038.3
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
71.268.3
GPQA
Graduate-level science
52.758.8
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
28.740.6
Aider
Real-world code editing
12.0--
AIME
Competition math
9.7--
Mistral Medium 3.1 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Command A
256,000
tokens
Mistral Medium 3.1
131,072
tokens
Command A has a 49% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricCommand AMistral Medium 3.1Winner
Tokens/second35.0 tok/s78.1 tok/s
Time to First Token0.48s0.42s
Mistral Medium 3.1 responds 123% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureCommand AMistral Medium 3.1
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyCommand AMistral Medium 3.1
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorCohereMistral AI
ReleasedMar 2025Aug 2025

Command A Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Mistral Medium 3.1 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Mistral Medium 3.1 has cheaper input pricing at $0.40/M tokens. Mistral Medium 3.1 has cheaper output pricing at $2.00/M tokens.
Mistral Medium 3.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 18.3, compared to Command A's score of 9.9.
Command A has a 256,000 token context window, while Mistral Medium 3.1 has a 131,072 token context window.
Command A does not support vision. Mistral Medium 3.1 supports vision.