Mistral Medium 3
Balanced production workloads that don’t need Mistral Large.
What are Mistral Medium 3's specs and price?
Mistral Medium 3, built by Mistral, ships a 131K-token context window and a 33K-token max output, released 2025-12. It supports text and vision input and costs $0.80 per million blended tokens, the 13th-cheapest of 32 models we track.
Specs
| Context window | 131K tokens |
| Max output | 33K tokens |
| Modalities | text, vision |
| Extended thinking | No |
| Released | 2025-12 |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2025-09 |
| Provider | Mistral |
Verified 2026-08-08 — source.
Where it ranks
Strengths
- Best quality-to-cost ratio in the Mistral lineup
- Fast enough for interactive use
- Vision input included
More about Mistral Medium 3
FAQ
What is Mistral Medium 3's context window?
Mistral Medium 3 has a 131K-token context window and a 33K-token max output — the 26th-largest context of the 32 current models we track. Source: https://docs.mistral.ai/getting-started/models/, verified 2026-08-08.
Does Mistral Medium 3 support vision or audio input?
Yes — Mistral Medium 3 accepts vision input in addition to text.
Does Mistral Medium 3 have a reasoning or extended-thinking mode?
No — Mistral Medium 3 does not expose a separate reasoning/extended-thinking mode.
When was Mistral Medium 3 released, and what is its knowledge cutoff?
Mistral Medium 3 was released 2025-12 with a knowledge cutoff of 2025-09.
How much does Mistral Medium 3 cost, and who provides it?
Mistral Medium 3 is served by Mistral at $0.80/M blended tokens (3:1 input:output) — the 13th-cheapest of 32 current models. Full pricing breakdown: /llm-api-pricing/mistral-medium.