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Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Mistral Small

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Mistral Medium 3.1 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Supports tool calls

Mistral Small wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
Price Advantage
Mistral Small
Benchmark Advantage
Mistral Medium 3.1
Context Window
Mistral Medium 3.1
Speed
Mistral Small

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricMistral Medium 3.1Mistral SmallWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.40$0.10 Mistral Small
Output (per 1M tokens)$2.00$0.30 Mistral Small
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Mistral Small is 81% cheaper overall.

Mistral Medium 3.1 Providers

No provider data available

Mistral Small Providers

No provider data available

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Mistral Medium 3.1 Wins
0
Mistral Small Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Mistral SmallWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
21.310.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
18.3--
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
38.3--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
68.352.9
GPQA
Graduate-level science
58.838.1
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
40.614.1
AIME
Competition math
-6.3-
Mistral Medium 3.1 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Mistral Medium 3.1
131,072
tokens
Mistral Small
N/A
tokens

Speed Performance

MetricMistral Medium 3.1Mistral SmallWinner
Tokens/second107.1 tok/s168.8 tok/s
Time to First Token0.40s0.30s
Mistral Small responds 58% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

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

License & Release

PropertyMistral Medium 3.1Mistral Small
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorMistral AIMistral AI
ReleasedAug 2025Unknown

Mistral Medium 3.1 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

Mistral Small Modalities

Input
Output

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Frequently Asked Questions

Mistral Small has cheaper input pricing at $0.10/M tokens. Mistral Small has cheaper output pricing at $0.30/M tokens.
Mistral Medium 3.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 18.3, compared to Mistral Small's score of N/A.
Mistral Medium 3.1 has a 131,072 token context window, while Mistral Small has a unknown token context window.
Mistral Medium 3.1 supports vision. Mistral Small does not support vision.
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