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Nova 2 Lite vs Mistral Medium 3.1

Updated October 21, 2026. 31 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.

Replace Nova 2 Lite Replace Mistral Medium 3.1
Nova 2 LiteAmazon
Coding
No data
Overall
13.4
Output $/M
$2.50
3
Mistral Medium 3.1Mistral AI
Coding
No data
Overall
9.2
Output $/M
$2.00
28
vs boards won of 31 shared

Decision reading

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Nova 2 Lite has the edge where the context window is larger, 1M against 131K tokens, and where what matters is LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.

Model ANova 2 LiteAmazonNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BMistral Medium 3.1Mistral AINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
31
Nova 2 Lite only
0
Mistral Medium 3.1 only
43
Like-for-like categories
6 of 9

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Nova 2 Lite not benchmarked, Mistral Medium 3.1 not benchmarked.
Widest category
General, 13.1 points apart on average over 17 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LMArena Text: Japanese: Nova 2 Lite 1273 against Mistral Medium 3.1 1379, 17.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Nova 2 Lite $2.50 against Mistral Medium 3.1 $2.00 per million output tokens, 1.3x apart.
Context window
Nova 2 Lite takes 1M tokens, Mistral Medium 3.1 131K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryNova 2 LiteBarsMistral Medium 3.1Ties
Coding22
Intelligence10
Reasoning03
Math02
Knowledge04
General017
All shared boards328
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index22
Coding benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteMistral Medium 3.1Leader
AA Coding Index23.020.5Nova 2 Lite
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured44.8%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured40.6%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
SciCodeNot measured32.4%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured10.6%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
ALE-Bench236.3210.2Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Text: coding13851433Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: software and IT13941436Mistral Medium 3.1
Neither model has a result on the other 30 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteMistral Medium 3.1Leader
AA Intelligence Index13.49.2Nova 2 Lite
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteMistral Medium 3.1Leader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured1.9Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured40.6%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
Reasoning benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteMistral Medium 3.1Leader
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured63.0%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured58.8%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured4.7%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13641426Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: expert13591408Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13851435Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1175Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1165Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteMistral Medium 3.1Leader
AIMENot measured42.3%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)Not measured87.0%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
MGSM (Vals AI)Not measured90.9%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
AA Math IndexNot measured38.3Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured38.3%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMArena Text: math13591408Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: mathematical work13691412Mistral Medium 3.1
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteMistral Medium 3.1Leader
MMLU ProNot measured75.3%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured62.0%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured50.7%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured70.3%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured36.5%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
MedQA (Vals AI)Not measured78.2%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured68.3%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMArena Text: science13821444Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13861449Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: legal and government13591439Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: business and finance13691418Mistral Medium 3.1
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteMistral Medium 3.1Leader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured1133Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured1099Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1074Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1144Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured1081Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured1120Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Design Arena: SVGNot measured993Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured997Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index017
General benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteMistral Medium 3.1Leader
IFBenchNot measured39.8%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)Not measured42.7%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
DTBenchNot measured67.5%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMCANot measured19.1%Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMArena Text13621424Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: instruction following13351398Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: creative writing12921391Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena VisionNot measured1172Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMArena Text: English13851438Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: non-English13371408Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: Chinese13641447Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: German13431432Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: Japanese12731379Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: Korean12811380Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: French13811460Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: Spanish13751433Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: Russian13421411Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: Polish13271430Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: multi-turn13381418Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: longer queries13351406Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: writing and language13181395Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13091390Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Vision: EnglishNot measured1179Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMArena Vision: ChineseNot measured1190Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1175Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1168Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMArena Vision: captioningNot measured1145Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing thingsNot measured1147Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1200Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteMistral Medium 3.1Leader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Nova 2 Lite$0.0015Fits in one request
Mistral Medium 3.1$0.0014Fits in one request

Mistral Medium 3.1 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Nova 2 Lite$0.022Fits in one request
Mistral Medium 3.1$0.026Fits in one request

Nova 2 Lite costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Nova 2 Lite$0.085Fits in one request
Mistral Medium 3.1$0.100Exceeds the context window

Nova 2 Lite costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Nova 2 Lite and Mistral Medium 3.1
SpecificationAmazon Nova 2 LiteMistral Medium 3.1
MakerAmazonMistral AI
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedDecember 2, 2025August 13, 2025
Context window1M131K
Input $/Mtok$0.30$0.40
Output $/Mtok$2.50$2.00
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Nova 2 Lite better than Mistral Medium 3.1 for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Nova 2 Lite has the edge where the context window is larger, 1M against 131K tokens, and where what matters is LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Nova 2 Lite or Mistral Medium 3.1?

Nova 2 Lite costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.1 costs $0.40 and $2.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, Nova 2 Lite or Mistral Medium 3.1?

Nova 2 Lite, with 1M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks is the Nova 2 Lite vs Mistral Medium 3.1 comparison based on?

31 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Nova 2 Lite's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Mistral Medium 3.1's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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