Best Mistral Medium 3 Alternatives
Mistral Medium 3 by Mistral is a mid-tier model priced at $0.4/2 per 1M tokens (in/out). It's already affordable, but you might want different strengths or features.
Mistral Medium 3
MistralMid-TierInput
$0.4/1M
Output
$2/1M
Context
128K
Max Output
16K
Why Switch from Mistral Medium 3?
Top Alternatives
17% cheaper, higher benchmark scores, 100K max output.
Input
$0.4/1M
Same price
Output
$1.6/1M
20% cheaper
Context
200K
Max Output
100K
Higher benchmark scores, 128K max output, adds reasoning.
Input
$0.6/1M
50% more
Output
$2.2/1M
10% more
Context
200K
Max Output
128K
Dramatically cheaper (52% less), higher benchmark scores, 1M context (8x more).
Input
$0.31/1M
23% cheaper
Output
$0.85/1M
57% cheaper
Context
1M
Max Output
32K
Comparable performance, adds reasoning.
Input
$3/1M
650% more
Output
$15/1M
650% more
Context
200K
Max Output
16K
Comparable performance, adds reasoning.
Input
$3/1M
650% more
Output
$15/1M
650% more
Context
200K
Max Output
16K
Dramatically cheaper (66% less), comparable performance, 10M context (78x more).
Input
$0.18/1M
55% cheaper
Output
$0.63/1M
69% cheaper
Context
10M
Max Output
32K
Higher benchmark scores, 1M context (8x more), 66K max output.
Input
$1.25/1M
213% more
Output
$10/1M
400% more
Context
1M
Max Output
66K
Higher benchmark scores, 100K max output, adds reasoning.
Input
$1.1/1M
175% more
Output
$4.4/1M
120% more
Context
200K
Max Output
100K
Full Comparison Table
| Model | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Context | MMLU-Pro | HumanEval | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| o3OpenAI | $0.40Same price | $1.6020% cheaper | 200K | 87%+11.0% | 94.5%+7.5% | 79 |
| GLM-4.7Zhipu AI | $0.6050% more | $2.2010% more | 200K | 84.3%+8.3% | — | 78 |
| Llama 4 MaverickMeta | $0.3123% cheaper | $0.8557% cheaper | 1M | 80.5%+4.5% | 90.2%+3.2% | 78 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | $3.00650% more | $15.00650% more | 200K | 86%+10.0% | 94%+7.0% | 74 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic | $3.00650% more | $15.00650% more | 200K | 84.5%+8.5% | 93%+6.0% | 74 |
| Llama 4 ScoutMeta | $0.1855% cheaper | $0.6369% cheaper | 10M | 74.2%-1.8% | 86%-1.0% | 71 |
| Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle | $1.25213% more | $10.00400% more | 1M | 87.5%+11.5% | 93.5%+6.5% | 70 |
| o4-miniOpenAI | $1.10175% more | $4.40120% more | 200K | 85%+9.0% | 93.5%+6.5% | 69 |
| Gemini 3 FlashGoogle | $0.5025% more | $3.0050% more | 1M | 78%+2.0% | 90%+3.0% | 69 |
| Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle | $0.1563% cheaper | $0.6070% cheaper | 1M | 76%Same | 89.5%+2.5% | 69 |
| Mistral Large 3Mistral | $2.00400% more | $5.00150% more | 128K | 83%+7.0% | 91%+4.0% | 69 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic | $0.80100% more | $4.00100% more | 200K | 69.4%-6.6% | 88.1%+1.1% | 68 |
| GPT-4o MiniOpenAI | $0.1563% cheaper | $0.6070% cheaper | 128K | 68%-8.0% | 87.2%+0.2% | 68 |
| GPT-4oOpenAI | $2.50525% more | $10.00400% more | 128K | 80.5%+4.5% | 91%+4.0% | 67 |
| MiniMax M2.5MiniMax | $0.3025% cheaper | $1.2040% cheaper | 200K | 82%+6.0% | 90%+3.0% | 67 |
| GLM-5Zhipu AI | $1.00150% more | $3.2060% more | 200K | 70.4%-5.6% | 91%+4.0% | 62 |
| GPT-5.3 CodexOpenAI | $2.00400% more | $16.00700% more | 200K | 90%+14.0% | 96.5%+9.5% | 59 |
| GPT-5.2 CodexOpenAI | $1.75338% more | $14.00600% more | 200K | 89%+13.0% | 95.5%+8.5% | 59 |
| DeepSeek V3DeepSeek | $0.1465% cheaper | $0.2886% cheaper | 164K | 78%+2.0% | 89%+2.0% | 57 |
| DeepSeek R1DeepSeek | $0.5538% more | $2.199% more | 128K | 84%+8.0% | 92%+5.0% | 57 |
| GPT-5OpenAI | $1.25213% more | $10.00400% more | 128K | 88.5%+12.5% | 95%+8.0% | 55 |
| Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle | $2.00400% more | $12.00500% more | 1M | 91%+15.0% | 95%+8.0% | 55 |
| Gemini 3 ProGoogle | $2.00400% more | $12.00500% more | 1M | 89.8%+13.8% | 94%+7.0% | 55 |
| Grok 4xAI | $3.00650% more | $15.00650% more | 128K | 86%+10.0% | 93%+6.0% | 55 |
| Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic | $5.001150% more | $25.001150% more | 200K | 89.5%+13.5% | 95%+8.0% | 49 |