Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Mistral Medium 3.1
Gemini 3.7 Flash leads Mistral Medium 3.1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 39.6 to 9.2, and Mistral Medium 3.1 costs 1.9x less per output token ($2.00 vs $3.75 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 59 benchmarks have a result for both.
Gemini 3.7 Flash or Mistral Medium 3.1: which to pick
Only Gemini 3.7 Flash has a coding score, 58.0 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 1.9x cheaper ($2.00 vs $3.75 per million).
- Shared results
- 59
- Gemini 3.7 Flash only
- 55
- Mistral Medium 3.1 only
- 15
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 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 3.7 Flash has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash leads, 39.6 against 9.2.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Mistral Medium 3.1 has a AA Agentic Index result, 1.9.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Gemini 3.7 Flash has a GPQA Diamond result, 93.9%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Mistral Medium 3.1 has a AIME result, 42.3%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash leads, 90.1% against 75.3%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash leads, 1304 against 1133.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash takes 1.05M tokens against 131K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Mistral Medium 3.1
Gemini 3.7 Flash $0.0026, Mistral Medium 3.1 $0.0014 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Gemini 3.7 Flash has the number, $1.78.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 3.7 Flash 58.0 from 6 benchmarks, Mistral Medium 3.1 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Intelligence, 30.4 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- AA Coding Index: Gemini 3.7 Flash 71.5 against Mistral Medium 3.1 20.5, 51.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 3.7 Flash $3.75 against Mistral Medium 3.1 $2.00 per million output tokens, 1.9x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 3.7 Flash 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 3.7 Flash | Bars | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 6 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 8 | 0 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 8 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 8 | 0 | ||
| General | 26 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 59 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index60
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 80.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1591 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| AA Coding Index | 71.5 | 20.5 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 88.7% | 44.8% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 80.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 12.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 70.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 34.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 67.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 77.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | 65.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 43.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 40.6% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| SciCode | 59.8% | 32.4% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 10.6% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| FrontierCode | 43.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| FrontierSWE | 20.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| ALE-Bench | 904.3 | 210.2 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1499 | 1433 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1498 | 1436 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1587 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1593 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1599 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| SciCode | 13.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 39.6 | 9.2 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 158.0 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 1.9 | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1223 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1208 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1230 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1242 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 1264 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | 1235 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | 1053 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LiveBench research | 76.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LiveBench browser | 56.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 28.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 4.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 59.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 22.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 34.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 71.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 7.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 40.6% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| APEX-Agents | 67.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Remote Labor Index | 5.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index80
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 93.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | 87.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 89.0% | 63.0% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 94.5% | 58.8% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 47.9% | 4.7% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 94.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| ARC-AGI | 95.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 84.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Chess puzzles | 66.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 37.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1495 | 1426 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1512 | 1408 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1487 | 1435 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1329 | 1175 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1320 | 1165 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | 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 | Not measured | 38.3 | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 38.3% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 97.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 71.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 36.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| ProofBench | 58.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1511 | 1408 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1502 | 1412 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index80
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 90.1% | 75.3% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 87.3% | 62.0% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 50.7% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 74.7% | 70.3% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 66.7% | 36.5% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | Not measured | 78.2% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 53.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 68.3% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 69.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1511 | 1444 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1494 | 1449 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1496 | 1439 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1479 | 1418 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 71.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index80
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1304 | 1133 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1299 | 1100 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1318 | 1074 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1315 | 1144 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1308 | 1081 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1308 | 1120 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1283 | 993 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1276 | 997 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LiveBench design | 73.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index260
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | 68.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 49.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 83.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 39.8% | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 83.0% | 42.7% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| DTBench | 96.8% | 67.5% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMCA | 50.4% | 19.1% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Furniture assembly | 26.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.7 Flash measured |
| LMArena Text | 1489 | 1424 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1484 | 1398 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1488 | 1391 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Vision | 1314 | 1172 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: English | 1483 | 1438 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1487 | 1408 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1552 | 1447 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: German | 1506 | 1432 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1511 | 1379 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1481 | 1380 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: French | 1500 | 1460 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1495 | 1433 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1515 | 1411 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1503 | 1430 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1485 | 1418 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1492 | 1406 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1491 | 1395 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1477 | 1390 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1309 | 1179 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1394 | 1190 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1322 | 1175 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1299 | 1168 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | Not measured | 1145 | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | Not measured | 1147 | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1312 | 1200 | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| 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 3.7 Flash | 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 3.7 Flash | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Mistral AI | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | August 13, 2026 | August 13, 2025 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 131K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.75 | $0.40 |
| Output $/Mtok | $3.75 | $2.00 |
| Coding index | 58.0 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 6 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | $1.78 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Mistral Medium 3.1 for coding?
Only Gemini 3.7 Flash has a coding score, 58.0 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 1.9x cheaper ($2.00 vs $3.75 per million).
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 Flash or Mistral Medium 3.1?
Gemini 3.7 Flash costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.1 costs $0.40 and $2.00. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 3.7 Flash only.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.7 Flash or Mistral Medium 3.1?
Gemini 3.7 Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Mistral Medium 3.1 comparison based on?
59 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemini 3.7 Flash's coding index rests on 6 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.