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Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Mixtral 8x7B Instruct (HF)

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Mistral Medium 3.1 wins:

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

Mixtral 8x7B Instruct (HF) wins:

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

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricMistral Medium 3.1Mixtral 8x7B Instruct (HF)Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.40$0.50 Mistral Medium 3.1
Output (per 1M tokens)$2.00$0.50 Mixtral 8x7B Instruct (HF)
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$0.25 Mixtral 8x7B Instruct (HF)
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Mixtral 8x7B Instruct (HF) is 38% cheaper overall.

Mistral Medium 3.1 Providers

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Mixtral 8x7B Instruct (HF) Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Mixtral 8x7B Instruct (HF)Winner
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
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct (HF)
N/A
tokens

Speed Performance

MetricMistral Medium 3.1Mixtral 8x7B Instruct (HF)Winner
Tokens/second107.1 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token0.40sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureMistral Medium 3.1Mixtral 8x7B Instruct (HF)
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyMistral Medium 3.1Mixtral 8x7B Instruct (HF)
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorMistral AIMistral AI
ReleasedAug 2025Unknown

Mistral Medium 3.1 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

Mixtral 8x7B Instruct (HF) Modalities

Input
Output

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Frequently Asked Questions

Mistral Medium 3.1 has cheaper input pricing at $0.40/M tokens. Mixtral 8x7B Instruct (HF) has cheaper output pricing at $0.50/M tokens.
Mistral Medium 3.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 18.3, compared to Mixtral 8x7B Instruct (HF)'s score of N/A.
Mistral Medium 3.1 has a 131,072 token context window, while Mixtral 8x7B Instruct (HF) has a unknown token context window.
Mistral Medium 3.1 supports vision. Mixtral 8x7B Instruct (HF) does not support vision.
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