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MiniMax M1 vs Mistral Medium 3.1

MiniMax M1 leads Mistral Medium 3.1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 11.7 to 9.2, at about the same output price ($2.20 vs $2.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 29 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace MiniMax M1 Replace Mistral Medium 3.1
MiniMax M1MiniMax
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$2.20
1
Mistral Medium 3.1Mistral AI
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$2.00
28
vs boards won of 29 shared

MiniMax M1 or Mistral Medium 3.1: which to pick

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

Pick MiniMax M1 for a larger context window (1M against 131K tokens) and work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.

Model AMiniMax M1MiniMaxNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BMistral Medium 3.1Mistral AINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
29
MiniMax M1 only
0
Mistral Medium 3.1 only
45
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
MiniMax M1 not benchmarked, Mistral Medium 3.1 not benchmarked.
Widest category
Knowledge, 16.1 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LMArena Text: Japanese: MiniMax M1 1217 against Mistral Medium 3.1 1379, 26.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
MiniMax M1 $2.20 against Mistral Medium 3.1 $2.00 per million output tokens, 1.1x apart.
Context window
MiniMax M1 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
CategoryMiniMax M1BarsMistral Medium 3.1Ties
Coding02
Intelligence10
Reasoning03
Math02
Knowledge04
General017
All shared boards128
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index02
Coding benchmarks for MiniMax M1 and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Mistral Medium 3.1Leader
AA Coding IndexNot measured20.5Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
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-BenchNot measured210.2Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMArena Text: coding13591433Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: software and IT13591436Mistral Medium 3.1
Neither model has a result on the other 31 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for MiniMax M1 and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Mistral Medium 3.1Leader
AA Intelligence Index11.79.2MiniMax M1
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 MiniMax M1 and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Mistral 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 39 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
Reasoning benchmarks for MiniMax M1 and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Mistral 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 prompts13391426Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: expert13171408Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13531435Mistral 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 14 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for MiniMax M1 and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Mistral 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: math13611408Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: mathematical work13631412Mistral 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 MiniMax M1 and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Mistral 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: science13541444Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13551449Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: legal and government13371439Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: business and finance13191418Mistral Medium 3.1
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for MiniMax M1 and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Mistral Medium 3.1Leader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured1132Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured1097Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1073Only 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 measured992Only 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 MiniMax M1 and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Mistral 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 Text13431424Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: instruction following13121398Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: creative writing12971391Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena VisionNot measured1172Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMArena Text: English13631438Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: non-English13191408Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: Chinese13601447Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: German13501432Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: Japanese12171379Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: Korean12661380Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: French13701460Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: Spanish13531433Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: Russian13291411Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: Polish13291430Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: multi-turn13351418Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: longer queries13261406Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: writing and language13111395Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13031390Mistral 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 MiniMax M1 and Mistral Medium 3.1
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Mistral 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

MiniMax M1$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

MiniMax M1$0.027Fits in one request
Mistral Medium 3.1$0.026Fits in one request

Mistral Medium 3.1 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

MiniMax M1$0.102Fits in one request
Mistral Medium 3.1$0.100Exceeds the context window

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.

Specifications of MiniMax M1 and Mistral Medium 3.1
SpecificationMiniMax M1Mistral Medium 3.1
MakerMiniMaxMistral AI
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedJune 17, 2025August 13, 2025
Context window1M131K
Input $/Mtok$0.40$0.40
Output $/Mtok$2.20$2.00
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is MiniMax M1 better than Mistral Medium 3.1 for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick MiniMax M1 for a larger context window (1M against 131K tokens) and work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, MiniMax M1 or Mistral Medium 3.1?

MiniMax M1 costs $0.40 per million input tokens and $2.20 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, MiniMax M1 or Mistral Medium 3.1?

MiniMax M1, with 1M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks is the MiniMax M1 vs Mistral Medium 3.1 comparison based on?

29 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. MiniMax M1'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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