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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

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

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

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)
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorMistral AIMistral AI
ReleasedAug 2025Unknown

Mistral Medium 3.1 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

Mixtral 8x7B Instruct (HF) Modalities

Input
Output

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 has a 131,072 token context window, while Mixtral 8x7B Instruct (HF) has a 32,768 token context window.
Mistral Medium 3.1 supports vision. Mixtral 8x7B Instruct (HF) does not support vision.