Mistral Medium 3.5
Mistral Medium 3.5 is a mid-tier large language model from Mistral with a 262,144-token context window and measured output throughput of roughly 143 tokens per second.
API Pricing
Cheapest on OpenRouter — 45% below avg| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|
| $0.750 | $3.75 | |
| $1.50 | $7.50 | |
| $1.50 | $7.50 | |
| $1.69 | $8.44 |
Prices updated daily. Last check: Oct 19, 2026
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Performance & Benchmarks
Source: Artificial Analysis →Reasoning & Knowledge
- GPQA Diamond74.8%
- Humanity's Last Exam13.8%
Coding
- SciCode40.2%
Agentic & Tool Use
- Terminal-Bench Hard33.3%
- Terminal-Bench v2.150.6%
- τ²-bench94.2%
- τ-bench Banking15.1%
Instruction & Long Context
- IFBench68.8%
- Long-Context Reasoning69.3%
Benchmarks measured Oct 2026. Scores are independent evaluations, not vendor-reported.
Model Details
General
- Creator
- Mistral
- Context Window
- 262K
- Modalities
- Text
Capabilities
- Open Source
- Yes
Strengths & Limitations
Strengths
- 262,144-token (256K) context window, enough for long documents, large transcripts, or multi-file code context in one request
- Measured output speed of about 143 tokens per second (Artificial Analysis), suitable for streaming interactive responses
- Time to first token of roughly 671 ms in third-party testing, keeping perceived latency low for chat-style use
- Mid-tier positioning in Mistral's lineup, targeting a middle ground between the company's small and large models
- Available from multiple inference providers, so buyers can compare per-token rates and latency rather than being tied to a single host
- Iteration on Mistral Medium 3, giving teams already using that model a same-family upgrade path
Limitations
- Mid-tier model — Mistral's larger models are generally expected to score higher on the hardest reasoning and coding tasks
- We do not track task benchmark scores (e.g. coding or reasoning evals) for this model, so quality comparisons must come from vendor or third-party sources
- Multimodal support, tool-calling behavior, and licensing terms are not recorded in our metadata; verify against Mistral's documentation before designing around them
- Throughput and latency figures come from a single third-party measurement and will vary by provider, region, and request size
- Very long 256K-token prompts increase per-request cost and latency regardless of the headline throughput number
Key Features
About Mistral Medium 3.5
Common Use Cases
Mistral Medium 3.5 fits workloads that need solid general-purpose language ability with room for long inputs, without paying for a top-tier model. The 256K context window makes it a candidate for long-document summarization, contract and report analysis, retrieval-augmented generation where many retrieved chunks are passed in at once, and multi-turn assistants that accumulate long histories. Its measured ~143 tokens/second output rate and sub-second time to first token suit user-facing chat, drafting, and coding-assistant scenarios where streaming responsiveness matters. For very high-volume, simple classification or extraction work, a smaller Mistral model is usually the more economical choice; for the most demanding reasoning, math, or agentic tasks, a larger model is the more common pick.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does Mistral Medium 3.5 cost to run?
Pricing depends on which inference provider you use and on the pricing model — separate input and output token rates, batch or cached-input discounts, and committed-capacity or self-hosted GPU options all price differently. Rates also change frequently. Check the pricing table on this page for the current per-provider figures rather than relying on a fixed number.
What is Mistral Medium 3.5 best used for?
It suits general-purpose text work where long inputs are involved: long-document summarization and analysis, retrieval-augmented generation over large source sets, chat assistants with extended histories, drafting, and coding assistance. Its ~143 tokens/second output rate and roughly 671 ms time to first token make it workable for interactive, streaming applications.
How large is the context window?
Mistral Medium 3.5 supports 262,144 tokens (256K) of context, which can accommodate book-length documents, long meeting transcripts, or substantial portions of a codebase in a single request.
How does it differ from Mistral Medium 3?
Mistral Medium 3.5 is a later iteration in the same Medium tier of Mistral's lineup. Our database tracks its 256K context window and throughput measurements; for a detailed capability-by-capability comparison against Mistral Medium 3, refer to Mistral's own release notes.
Should I choose Mistral Medium 3.5 or a larger Mistral model?
Medium-tier models are typically selected when a small model is not accurate enough but the workload does not justify a larger model's cost and latency. If your tasks involve hard multi-step reasoning or complex agentic workflows, evaluate a larger model; if they are high-volume and simple, a smaller Mistral model is usually cheaper. Running your own evaluation on representative prompts is the reliable way to decide.