Confirm Action

Are you sure you want to proceed?

MoonshotAI Kimi K2.5 VS Mistral Mistral Medium 3.1

Kimi K2.5 vs Mistral Medium 3.1: which wins at real work?

22 task areas · same graded test runs · rank comparison only, so 0–100 and Elo collections never mix raw scores.

Kimi K2.5 wins 20 of 22 task areas we tested; Mistral Medium 3.1 takes 2.

20
Task areas won
2
68
Avg percentile
23
0
Top-3 finishes
0
$2.4
Price / 1M tokens
$2.4
MoonshotAI
Provider
Mistral

Task by task

Task area Kimi K2.5 Mistral Medium 3.1 Winner
RAG, Safety & Grounding #12 / 113
Excellent
#111 / 113
Strong
Kimi K2.5
Presentations & Decks #12 / 110
Excellent
#105 / 110
Usable
Kimi K2.5
AI Strategy #28 / 126
Strong
#120 / 126
Usable
Kimi K2.5
Content & Brand #33 / 124
Strong
#110 / 124
Needs editing
Kimi K2.5
Research & Competitive Analysis #31 / 110
Strong
#105 / 110
Weak
Kimi K2.5
Sales #19 / 110
Strong
#92 / 110
Usable
Kimi K2.5
Chef / Home Cooking #44 / 126
Usable
#116 / 126
Needs editing
Kimi K2.5
Executive Assistant #23 / 112
Strong
#94 / 112
Usable
Kimi K2.5
Coding #38 / 115
Strong
#108 / 115
Needs editing
Kimi K2.5
Data & Analytics #19 / 110
Excellent
#87 / 110
Excellent
Kimi K2.5
Customer Support #50 / 113
Strong
#110 / 113
Needs editing
Kimi K2.5
Creative & Comedy #42 / 110 #100 / 110 Kimi K2.5
Summarization & Meeting Notes #92 / 110
Excellent
#39 / 110
Excellent
Mistral Medium 3.1
Structured Output #41 / 113
Excellent
#91 / 113
Strong
Kimi K2.5
Landing Pages #20 / 72
Strong
#63 / 72
Usable
Kimi K2.5
Legal & HR #31 / 110
Excellent
#70 / 110
Strong
Kimi K2.5
Investor & Pitch #37 / 66
Usable
#65 / 66
Needs editing
Kimi K2.5
Training & Education #22 / 110
Excellent
#47 / 110
Excellent
Kimi K2.5
Translation & Localization #34 / 110
Excellent
#53 / 110
Excellent
Kimi K2.5
Knowledge & Docs #59 / 110
Usable
#77 / 110
Usable
Kimi K2.5
Product & Project Management #66 / 110
Strong
#50 / 110
Strong
Mistral Medium 3.1
Frontend & Landing Pages #26 / 109
Needs editing
#35 / 109
Needs editing
Kimi K2.5

Rank = position among every model config we tested in that task area (lower is better). Sorted by biggest gap first.

Frequently asked

Is Kimi K2.5 better than Mistral Medium 3.1?

Across 22 task areas we benchmarked, Kimi K2.5 ranks higher in 20 and Mistral Medium 3.1 in 2.

What is Kimi K2.5 better at?

Kimi K2.5 out-ranks Mistral Medium 3.1 at RAG, Safety & Grounding, Presentations & Decks, AI Strategy.

What is Mistral Medium 3.1 better at?

Mistral Medium 3.1 out-ranks Kimi K2.5 at Summarization & Meeting Notes, Product & Project Management.

Full Kimi K2.5 review → Full Mistral Medium 3.1 review → Full model leaderboard →

More comparisons

This page is Spring Prompt, running in public

We just did this for every model. Do it for your prompt.

The rankings above come from running real tasks through real models and scoring every output. Spring Prompt is that same engine — pointed at your prompt, your test cases, and your definition of good.

  • Generate test cases from your prompt — no eval set required to start.
  • Compare models side by side with quality, cost and latency in one matrix.
  • Optimise the winner until the scores say it's ready to ship.
Experiment · Cold outreach email

Prompt × model results

12 test cases · 3 evals
Claude Opus
GPT-5
Gemini
v1
7.1
6.8
7.4
v2
8.3
7.9
8.0
v3
9.2
8.6
8.4
Best combo: v3 × Claude Opus
9.2 quality · $0.004/run · 1.8s