Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Hy4 preview
Mistral Medium 3.1 and Hy4 preview cost about the same per output token ($2.00 vs $2.2509 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 1 benchmarks have a result for both.
Mistral Medium 3.1 or Hy4 preview: which to pick
Only Hy4 preview has a coding score, 44.3 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 1.1x cheaper ($2.00 vs $2.2509 per million).
- Shared results
- 1
- Mistral Medium 3.1 only
- 73
- Hy4 preview only
- 23
- Like-for-like categories
- 1 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 Hy4 preview has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Mistral Medium 3.1 has a AA Intelligence Index result, 9.2.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Mistral Medium 3.1 has a AA Agentic Index result, 1.9.
Directional only
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
No call
Only Mistral Medium 3.1 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1133.
Directional only
General
Vals Index
No call
Only Hy4 preview has a Vals Index result, 53.2%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Hy4 preview
Hy4 preview takes 1.05M tokens against 131K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Mistral Medium 3.1
Mistral Medium 3.1 $0.0014, Hy4 preview $0.0019 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Mistral Medium 3.1 not benchmarked, Hy4 preview 44.3 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Knowledge, 21.8 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- LegalBench (Vals AI): Mistral Medium 3.1 62.0% against Hy4 preview 83.8%, 21.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Mistral Medium 3.1 $2.00 against Hy4 preview $2.2509 per million output tokens, 1.1x apart.
- Context window
- Mistral Medium 3.1 takes 131K tokens, Hy4 preview 1.05M.
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 | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Bars | Hy4 preview | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge | 0 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 1 |
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index18 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1631 | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| AA Coding Index | 20.5 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 44.8% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 8.1% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 77.5% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 47.4% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 59.3% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 55.1% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 65.4% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 40.6% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| SciCode | 32.4% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 10.6% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 210.2 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1433 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1436 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1653 | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1620 | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 9.2 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.9 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 2.3% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 55.1% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 32.6% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 45.2% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 8.8% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 58.1% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 69.3% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 1.4% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 40.6% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 31 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 63.0% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 58.8% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 4.7% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1426 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1408 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1435 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1175 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1165 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 42.3% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 87.0% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 90.9% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| AA Math Index | 38.3 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 38.3% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 75.0% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1408 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1412 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 75.3% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 62.0% | 83.8% | Hy4 preview |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 50.7% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 70.3% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 36.5% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 78.2% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 43.3% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 68.3% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1444 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1449 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1439 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1418 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| 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
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1133 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1100 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1074 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1144 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1081 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1120 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 993 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 997 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index32 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Hy4 preview | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | Not measured | 53.2% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 68.6% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 83.6% | Only Hy4 preview measured |
| IFBench | 39.8% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 42.7% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| DTBench | 67.5% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMCA | 19.1% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1424 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1398 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1391 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Vision | 1172 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1438 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1408 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1447 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1432 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1379 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1380 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1460 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1433 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1411 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1430 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1418 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1406 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1395 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1390 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1179 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1190 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1175 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1168 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | 1145 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1147 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1200 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Hy4 preview | 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 | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Tencent Hy4 preview |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Mistral AI | Tencent |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | August 13, 2025 | August 28, 2026 |
| Context window | 131K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.40 | $0.7506 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.00 | $2.2509 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 44.3 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Mistral Medium 3.1 better than Hy4 preview for coding?
Only Hy4 preview has a coding score, 44.3 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 1.1x cheaper ($2.00 vs $2.2509 per million).
Which is cheaper, Mistral Medium 3.1 or Hy4 preview?
Mistral Medium 3.1 costs $0.40 per million input tokens and $2.00 per million output tokens; Hy4 preview costs $0.7506 and $2.2509. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Mistral Medium 3.1 or Hy4 preview?
Hy4 preview, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks is the Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Hy4 preview comparison based on?
1 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Mistral Medium 3.1's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Hy4 preview's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.