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Mistral Medium 3 vs Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
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Winner summary
Mistral Medium 3 wins on 2/2 benchmarks
Mistral Medium 3 wins 2 of 2 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · math.
Category leads
knowledge·Mistral Medium 3math·Mistral Medium 3
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Mistral Medium 3
#143 by perf·no signal
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
#52 by perf·no signal
Best value
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
3.2x better value than Mistral Medium 3
Mistral Medium 3
33.3 pts/$
$1.20/M
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
107.0 pts/$
$0.54/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Mistral AI
$14.0B·Tier 1
Mistral AI
$14.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
2 benchmarks · 2 models
Mistral Medium 3Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
GPQA diamond
Mistral Medium 3 leads by +38.6
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
Mistral Medium 3
46.0
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
7.5
MATH level 5
Mistral Medium 3 leads by +71.7
MATH Level 5 · the hardest tier of the MATH benchmark, featuring competition-level problems from AMC, AIME, and Olympiad-style mathematics.
Mistral Medium 3
81.6
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct
9.9
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3 | Mixtral 8x7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 46.0 | 7.5 |
MATH level 5 MATH Level 5 · the hardest tier of the MATH benchmark, featuring competition-level problems from AMC, AIME, and Olympiad-style mathematics. | 81.6 | 9.9 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral Medium 3 | $0.40 | $2.00 | 131K tokens (~66 books) | $8.00 |
| Mixtral 8x7B Instruct | $0.54 | $0.54 | 33K tokens (~16 books) | $5.40 |
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