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Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Kimi K2 0905 (exacto)

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Mistral Medium 3.1 wins:

  • Faster response time
  • Supports vision

Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
Mistral Medium 3.1
Benchmark Advantage
Kimi K2 0905 (exacto)
Context Window
Kimi K2 0905 (exacto)
Speed
Mistral Medium 3.1

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureMistral Medium 3.1Kimi K2 0905 (exacto)
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyMistral Medium 3.1Kimi K2 0905 (exacto)
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorMistral AIMoonshotai
ReleasedAug 2025Sep 2025

Mistral Medium 3.1 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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.
Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 25.9, compared to Mistral Medium 3.1's score of 18.3.
Mistral Medium 3.1 has a 131,072 token context window, while Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) has a 262,144 token context window.
Mistral Medium 3.1 supports vision. Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) does not support vision.