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GPT-4 Turbo vs Mistral Medium 3

Mistral Medium 3 leads GPT-4 Turbo on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 9.0 to 7.0, and Mistral Medium 3 costs 15.0x less per output token ($2.00 vs $30.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 37 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace GPT-4 Turbo Replace Mistral Medium 3
GPT-4 TurboOpenAI
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$30.00
0
Mistral Medium 3Mistral AI
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$2.00
37
vs boards won of 37 shared

GPT-4 Turbo or Mistral Medium 3: which to pick

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

Pick GPT-4 Turbo for work measured by LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.

Model AGPT-4 TurboOpenAINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BMistral Medium 3Mistral AINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
37
GPT-4 Turbo only
5
Mistral Medium 3 only
20
Like-for-like categories
6 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.

At a glance

Coding index
GPT-4 Turbo not benchmarked, Mistral Medium 3 not benchmarked.
Widest category
Knowledge, 18.5 points apart on average over 5 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare: GPT-4 Turbo 1239 against Mistral Medium 3 1381, 23.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
GPT-4 Turbo $30.00 against Mistral Medium 3 $2.00 per million output tokens, 15.0x apart.
Context window
GPT-4 Turbo takes 128K tokens, Mistral Medium 3 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
CategoryGPT-4 TurboBarsMistral Medium 3Ties
Coding03
Intelligence02
Reasoning04
Math02
Knowledge05
General021
All shared boards037
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index03
Coding benchmarks for GPT-4 Turbo and Mistral Medium 3
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboMistral Medium 3Leader
AA Coding Index21.5Not measuredOnly GPT-4 Turbo measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)29.1%40.0%Mistral Medium 3
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured3.8%Only Mistral Medium 3 measured
LMArena Text: coding12681385Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: software and IT12671385Mistral Medium 3
Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Intelligence benchmarks for GPT-4 Turbo and Mistral Medium 3
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboMistral Medium 3Leader
AA Intelligence Index7.09.0Mistral Medium 3
Epoch Capabilities Index127.3134.0Mistral Medium 3
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for GPT-4 Turbo and Mistral Medium 3
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboMistral Medium 3Leader
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured24.3%Only Mistral Medium 3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Reasoning benchmarks for GPT-4 Turbo and Mistral Medium 3
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboMistral Medium 3Leader
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured57.8%Only Mistral Medium 3 measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)3.1%4.1%Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: hard prompts12511364Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: expert12231342Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English12661374Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1155Only Mistral Medium 3 measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1165Only Mistral Medium 3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for GPT-4 Turbo and Mistral Medium 3
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboMistral Medium 3Leader
AA Math IndexNot measured30.3Only Mistral Medium 3 measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured30.3%Only Mistral Medium 3 measured
LMArena Text: math12721353Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: mathematical work12681354Mistral Medium 3
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Knowledge benchmarks for GPT-4 Turbo and Mistral Medium 3
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboMistral Medium 3Leader
LegalBench (Vals AI)80.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-4 Turbo measured
MedQA (Vals AI)82.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4 Turbo measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)69.4%76.0%Mistral Medium 3
MMLU81.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-4 Turbo measured
LMArena Text: science12561381Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare12391381Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: legal and government12651384Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: business and finance12221352Mistral Medium 3
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for GPT-4 Turbo and Mistral Medium 3
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboMistral Medium 3Leader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured1079Only Mistral Medium 3 measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured1024Only Mistral Medium 3 measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1018Only Mistral Medium 3 measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1034Only Mistral Medium 3 measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured1084Only Mistral Medium 3 measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured1069Only Mistral Medium 3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index021
General benchmarks for GPT-4 Turbo and Mistral Medium 3
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboMistral Medium 3Leader
IFBenchNot measured39.3%Only Mistral Medium 3 measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)Not measured31.3%Only Mistral Medium 3 measured
DTBench61.6%62.3%Mistral Medium 3
LMCA9.8%Not measuredOnly GPT-4 Turbo measured
LMArena Text12721370Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: instruction following12491338Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: creative writing12681343Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Vision10901157Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: English12911385Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: non-English12451353Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: Chinese12421374Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: German12591377Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: Japanese11941316Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: Korean11871304Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: French12761368Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: Spanish12601364Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: Russian12591359Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: Polish13021371Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: multi-turn12671384Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: longer queries12541360Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: writing and language12791352Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: entertainment and media12581335Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Vision: English10971172Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Vision: Chinese10451161Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1154Only Mistral Medium 3 measured
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1145Only Mistral Medium 3 measured
LMArena Vision: captioningNot measured1094Only Mistral Medium 3 measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing thingsNot measured1141Only Mistral Medium 3 measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1146Only Mistral Medium 3 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 GPT-4 Turbo and Mistral Medium 3
BenchmarkGPT-4 TurboMistral Medium 3Leader
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

GPT-4 Turbo$0.025Fits in one request
Mistral Medium 3$0.0014Fits in one request

Mistral Medium 3 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

GPT-4 Turbo$0.590Fits in one request
Mistral Medium 3$0.026Fits in one request

Mistral Medium 3 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

GPT-4 Turbo$2.30Exceeds the context window
Mistral Medium 3$0.100Exceeds the context window

Mistral Medium 3 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 GPT-4 Turbo and Mistral Medium 3
SpecificationOpenAI GPT-4 TurboMistral Medium 3
MakerOpenAIMistral AI
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedApril 9, 2024May 7, 2025
Context window128K131K
Input $/Mtok$10.00$0.40
Output $/Mtok$30.00$2.00
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is GPT-4 Turbo better than Mistral Medium 3 for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick GPT-4 Turbo for work measured by LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, GPT-4 Turbo or Mistral Medium 3?

GPT-4 Turbo costs $10.00 per million input tokens and $30.00 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3 costs $0.40 and $2.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, GPT-4 Turbo or Mistral Medium 3?

Mistral Medium 3, with 131K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks is the GPT-4 Turbo vs Mistral Medium 3 comparison based on?

37 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. GPT-4 Turbo's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Mistral Medium 3's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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