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MiniMax: MiniMax M3 vs Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-06-01.
| MiniMax: MiniMax M3 | Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | minimax | mistralai |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Input Price | $0.30/M | $1.50/M |
| Output Price | $1.20/M | $7.50/M |
| Context Window | 1,048,576 | 262,144 |
| Max Output | 512,000 | - |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
Who wins by task?
| Task | MiniMax: MiniMax M3 | Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 133 | 130 |
| Code Review | 132 | 126 |
| Code Completion | 131 | 115 |
| Code Refactoring | 136 | 127 |
| Bug Fixing | 136 | 130 |
| Unit Test Generation | 124 | 121 |
| Code Documentation | 131 | 124 |
| Regex Writing | 119 | 118 |
| CI/CD Pipelines | 120 | 117 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 133 | 127 |
| ETL Scripting | 128 | 122 |
| JSON Extraction | 131 | 122 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 129 | 119 |
| OCR / Document Parsing | 131 | 128 |
| Table Extraction from PDFs | 131 | 128 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 137 | 128 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 123 | 114 |
| Blog Post Writing | 121 | 118 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →
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