Mistral Medium 3.5
Mistral · Active · Updated May 15, 2026
Mistral AI's mid-size model offering an exceptional balance of performance, speed, and multilingual capability.
Input Price
$1.50/M
per million tokens
Output Price
$7.50/M
per million tokens
Context Window
262,144
tokens
Max Output
16,384
tokens
Technical Specifications
| Provider | Mistral |
| Release Date | April 1, 2026 |
| Pricing Type | per token |
| Input Price | $1.5.00 / 1M tokens |
| Output Price | $7.5.00 / 1M tokens |
| Cached Input | — |
| Context Window | 262,144 tokens |
| Max Output | 16,384 tokens |
| Input Modalities | text, image |
| Output Modalities | text |
| Status | active |
| Availability | api, web_app |
| Latency | fast |
| Rate Limit | 3,000 RPM |
| Pricing URL | View official pricing → |
| Docs URL | View documentation → |
Capability Scores
Coding82
Reasoning80
Math76
Speed84
Overview
Mistral Medium 3.5 represents Mistral AI's latest mid-size model, delivering a compelling balance of performance and efficiency. With native image input, a 256K context window, and significantly improved coding capabilities over its predecessor, it competes directly with GPT-5.4 mini and Gemini 2.5 Flash. Its exceptional multilingual support makes it the preferred choice for European enterprises and global applications.
Pros
- +Best-in-class multilingual support across European languages
- +Competitive pricing at $1.50/$4.50 per million tokens
- +256K context window with fast inference
- +Native image input support
Cons
- −Lower raw performance than US frontier models
- −Text-only output — no audio or image generation
- −Smaller ecosystem and fewer third-party integrations
Use Cases
Multilingual customer service and content generation
European enterprise AI deployments
Document processing in multiple languages with image understanding