Mistral · mid
Is Mistral Medium 3.1 good?
Mistral Medium 3.1 has been tested across 21 task areas. It's strongest at landing pages and weakest at customer support. It's a mid-priced option ($2.4/1M tokens).
Our take
Strengths
Weak spots
How Mistral Medium 3.1 ranks, task by task
Rank is the position in each field; Rating is the absolute quality bar. A model can be rated "Excellent" yet sit mid-table when the whole field is strong — and vice-versa.
| Task area | Rank | Percentile | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landing Pages | #11 of 56 |
|
Usable |
| Frontend & Landing Pages | #24 of 93 |
|
Needs editing |
| Product & Project Management | #20 of 44 |
|
Strong |
| Translation & Localization | #21 of 44 |
|
Excellent |
| Summarization & Meeting Notes | #28 of 44 |
|
Excellent |
| Creative & Comedy | #30 of 44 |
|
Elo |
| Knowledge & Docs | #64 of 94 |
|
Usable |
| Data & Analytics | #53 of 69 |
|
Strong |
| AI Strategy | #43 of 50 |
|
Needs editing |
| Coding | #45 of 52 |
|
Usable |
| Executive Assistant | #44 of 50 |
|
Usable |
| Legal & HR | #40 of 44 |
|
Strong |
| Content & Brand | #46 of 50 |
|
Needs editing |
| Chef / Home Cooking | #47 of 50 |
|
Needs editing |
| Investor & Pitch | #47 of 50 |
|
Needs editing |
| Presentations & Decks | #42 of 44 |
|
Usable |
| Sales | #42 of 44 |
|
Needs editing |
| Training & Education | #42 of 44 |
|
Usable |
| Structured Output | #42 of 43 |
|
Strong |
| Customer Support | #43 of 43 |
|
Usable |
| Research & Competitive Analysis | #44 of 44 |
|
Weak |
Industry benchmarks
Standardized third-party scores, shown for context — these are independent of our real-task tests.
Design Arena — human preference (avg Elo 1136)
Headline vs. real-world
Source: Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai) via OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings). (2026-06-29) · Source: Design Arena (www.designarena.ai) via OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings). (2026-06-29)
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Frequently asked
Is Mistral Medium 3.1 any good?
Mistral Medium 3.1 places top-3 in 0 of 21 task areas we benchmarked. It performs best at Landing Pages.
What is Mistral Medium 3.1 best at?
Its strongest task areas are Landing Pages, Frontend & Landing Pages, Product & Project Management.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Mistral Medium 3.1?
DeepSeek V3.2 is 76% cheaper and stays competitive on quality across our benchmarks.
How we test & rank
Each model is scored on real tasks across 21 task areas by an LLM judge with deterministic checks. "Percentile" is this model's standing within each area's field; the cross-area figures are rank-based so quality and Elo scores are never mixed.
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