GPT-4o-mini vs Mistral Medium 3.1 (Comparative Analysis)
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Comparative Analysis: GPT-4o-mini vs. Mistral Medium 3.1
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Overview
GPT-4o-mini was released 1 year before Mistral Medium 3.1.
 GPT-4o-mini |  Mistral Medium 3.1 | |
|---|---|---|
Model Provider The organization behind this AI's development | OpenAI | Mistral |
Input Context Window Maximum input tokens this model can process at once | 128K tokens | 131.1K tokens |
Output Token Limit Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once | 16.4K tokens | Not specified tokens |
Release Date When this model first became publicly available | July 18, 2024 2 years ago July 18th, 2024 | August 13, 2025 12 months ago August 13th, 2025 |
Knowledge Cutoff Latest training-data date reported by the provider | October 31, 2023 | June 30, 2025 |
Capabilities & Features
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GPT-4o-mini | Mistral Medium 3.1 | |
|---|---|---|
Input Types Supported input formats | 📝Text🖼️Image📁File | 📝Text🖼️Image📁File |
Output Types Supported output formats | 📝Text | 📝Text |
Tokenizer Text encoding system | GPT | Mistral |
Key Features Advanced capabilities | ✓Function Calling✓Structured OutputReasoning Mode✓Content Moderation | ✓Function Calling✓Structured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation |
Pricing
GPT-4o-mini is roughly 0.4x less expensive compared to Mistral Medium 3.1 for input tokens and roughly 0.3x less expensive for output tokens.
| GPT-4o-mini | Mistral Medium 3.1 | |
|---|---|---|
Input Token Cost Cost per million input tokens | $0.15 per million tokens | $0.40 per million tokens |
Output Token Cost Cost per million output tokens | $0.60 per million tokens | $2.00 per million tokens |
Cache Read Cost Cost to reuse cached input tokens | $0.07 per million tokens | $0.04 per million tokens |
Benchmarks
Compare relevant benchmarks between GPT-4o-mini and Mistral Medium 3.1.
| GPT-4o-mini | Mistral Medium 3.1 | |
|---|---|---|
Intelligence Index Overall model quality across independent evaluations | Benchmark not available. | 14.7 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) |
Coding Index Programming performance across independent evaluations | 11.4 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) | 20.5 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) |
Agentic Index Ability to complete multi-step agentic tasks | 1 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) | 6.1 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) |
Best Design Arena Score Highest human-preference Elo score across design arenas | Benchmark not available. | 1,171 Elo (#64 in Data Viz (47.3% win rate)) |
At a Glance
Quick overview of what makes GPT-4o-mini and Mistral Medium 3.1 unique.
GPT-4o-mini by OpenAI understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 128K token context window. Very affordable at $0.15/M input and $0.60/M output tokens. Includes built-in content moderation for safer outputs. Released July 18th, 2024.Mistral Medium 3.1 by Mistral understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 131.1K token context window. Reasonably priced at $0.40/M input and $2.00/M output tokens. Released August 13th, 2025.Explore More Comparisons
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