Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Mistral Medium 3.1
Gemini 2.5 Pro leads Mistral Medium 3.1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 16.1 to 9.2, and Mistral Medium 3.1 costs 5.0x less per output token ($2.00 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 62 benchmarks have a result for both.
Gemini 2.5 Pro or Mistral Medium 3.1: which to pick
Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has a coding score, 19.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Mistral Medium 3.1 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Mistral Medium 3.1 for output tokens 5.0x cheaper ($2.00 vs $10.00 per million) and work measured by AA Agentic Index, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 62
- Gemini 2.5 Pro only
- 25
- Mistral Medium 3.1 only
- 12
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro leads, 16.1 against 9.2.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Mistral Medium 3.1
Mistral Medium 3.1 leads, 1.9 against 1.6.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
No call
Only Mistral Medium 3.1 has a AIME result, 42.3%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Mistral Medium 3.1 has a MMLU Pro result, 75.3%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro leads, 1167 against 1133.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro takes 1.05M tokens against 131K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Mistral Medium 3.1
Gemini 2.5 Pro $0.0063, Mistral Medium 3.1 $0.0014 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has the number, $0.64.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 2.5 Pro 19.1 from 3 benchmarks, Mistral Medium 3.1 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Math, 28.2 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- AA Math Index: Gemini 2.5 Pro 87.7 against Mistral Medium 3.1 38.3, 49.4 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 2.5 Pro $10.00 against Mistral Medium 3.1 $2.00 per million output tokens, 5.0x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 2.5 Pro takes 1.05M 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.
| Category | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Bars | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 6 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 7 | 0 | ||
| Math | 4 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 7 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 5 | 0 | 1 tie | |
| General | 29 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 60 | 1 | 1 tie |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index60
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 53.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1226 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| AA Coding Index | 33.3 | 20.5 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 44.8% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 54.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 0.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 80.1% | 40.6% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| SciCode | 46.3% | 32.4% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 26.5% | 10.6% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Terminal-Bench | 32.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| GSO-Bench | 3.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| WeirdML | 54.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 210.2 | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1452 | 1433 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1459 | 1436 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1235 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1285 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 16.1 | 9.2 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 145.1 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.6 | 1.9 | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 54.1% | 40.6% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| GDPval | 23.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | 41.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $574 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 63.0% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 84.4% | 58.8% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 22.5% | 4.7% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 85.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| ARC-AGI | 41.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1455 | 1426 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1452 | 1408 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1453 | 1435 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1274 | 1175 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1281 | 1165 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | Not measured | 42.3% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 87.0% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | Not measured | 90.9% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| AA Math Index | 87.7 | 38.3 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 87.7% | 38.3% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 84.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 24.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1450 | 1408 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1454 | 1412 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 75.3% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 62.0% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 63.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 60.8% | 50.7% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 70.3% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 68.9% | 36.5% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | Not measured | 78.2% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 50.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 86.2% | 68.3% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: science | 1480 | 1444 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1476 | 1449 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1480 | 1439 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1439 | 1418 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1167 | 1133 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1140 | 1100 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1111 | 1074 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1221 | 1144 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1081 | 1081 | Tie |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1152 | 1120 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 993 | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 997 | Only 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 index290
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 41.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 73.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| IFBench | 48.7% | 39.8% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 69.0% | 42.7% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| DTBench | 82.4% | 67.5% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMCA | 34.8% | 19.1% | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 83.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text | 1458 | 1424 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1437 | 1398 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1454 | 1391 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Vision | 1263 | 1172 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: English | 1458 | 1438 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1452 | 1408 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1507 | 1447 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: German | 1487 | 1432 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1461 | 1379 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1434 | 1380 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: French | 1473 | 1460 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1474 | 1433 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1461 | 1411 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1479 | 1430 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1453 | 1418 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1449 | 1406 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1454 | 1395 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1441 | 1390 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1261 | 1179 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1300 | 1190 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1270 | 1175 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1262 | 1168 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | 1304 | 1145 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1283 | 1147 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1265 | 1200 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| LMArena Document | 1421 | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Mistral Medium 3.1 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Mistral Medium 3.1 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Mistral Medium 3.1 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.
| Specification | Google Gemini 2.5 Pro | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Mistral AI | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | June 17, 2025 | August 13, 2025 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 131K |
| Input $/Mtok | $1.25 | $0.40 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $2.00 |
| Coding index | 19.1 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 3 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.64 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 2.5 Pro better than Mistral Medium 3.1 for coding?
Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has a coding score, 19.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Mistral Medium 3.1 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Mistral Medium 3.1 for output tokens 5.0x cheaper ($2.00 vs $10.00 per million) and work measured by AA Agentic Index, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Mistral Medium 3.1?
Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $1.25 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.1 costs $0.40 and $2.00. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 2.5 Pro only.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Mistral Medium 3.1?
Gemini 2.5 Pro, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Mistral Medium 3.1 comparison based on?
62 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemini 2.5 Pro's coding index rests on 3 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.