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Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Mistral Small 2603

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Mistral Medium 3.1 wins:

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

Mistral Small 2603 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
Mistral Small 2603
Benchmark Advantage
Mistral Medium 3.1
Context Window
Mistral Medium 3.1
Speed
Mistral Medium 3.1

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricMistral Medium 3.1Mistral Small 2603Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.40$0.15 Mistral Small 2603
Output (per 1M tokens)$2.00$0.60 Mistral Small 2603
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.04$0.01 Mistral Small 2603
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Mistral Small 2603 is 67% cheaper overall.

Mistral Medium 3.1 Providers

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Mistral Small 2603 Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Mistral Medium 3.1 Wins
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Mistral Small 2603 Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Mistral Small 2603Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
21.3--
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
18.3--
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
38.3--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
68.3--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
58.8--
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
40.6--
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 2603
N/A
tokens

Speed Performance

MetricMistral Medium 3.1Mistral Small 2603Winner
Tokens/second81.4 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token0.39sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureMistral Medium 3.1Mistral Small 2603
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 2603
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorMistral AIMistral AI
ReleasedAug 2025Unknown

Mistral Medium 3.1 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

Mistral Small 2603 Modalities

Input
Output

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Frequently Asked Questions

Mistral Small 2603 has cheaper input pricing at $0.15/M tokens. Mistral Small 2603 has cheaper output pricing at $0.60/M tokens.
Mistral Medium 3.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 18.3, compared to Mistral Small 2603's score of N/A.
Mistral Medium 3.1 has a 131,072 token context window, while Mistral Small 2603 has a unknown token context window.
Mistral Medium 3.1 supports vision. Mistral Small 2603 does not support vision.