Mistral Medium 3.1 (2508)
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Mistral Medium 3.1 (2508) is a vision-language model from Mistral. It ranks 109 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1172±6 from 41,611 votes. Its best category is Creative writing (#86 of 104). License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- Mistral
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
Who it suits
- Overall #109 of 167: lower half; consider it mainly for cost or deployment reasons.
- Strongest category: Creative writing (#86 of 104).
- Proprietary; used through Mistral’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 106 | SStep-3 StepFun | 1176 | 3,193 | Apache 2.0 | +4 |
| 107 |  Claude Opus 4 (20250514) Anthropic | 1176 | 2,172 | Proprietary | +4 |
| 108 | Claude Sonnet 4 (20250514) Anthropic | 1175 | 1,806 | Proprietary | +3 |
| 109 | Mistral Medium 3.1 (2508) Mistral | 1172 | 41,611 | Proprietary | |
| 110 | Claude 3.7 Sonnet (Thinking 32K, 20250219) Anthropic | 1169 | 1,436 | Proprietary | -3 |
| 111 |  o1 (2024-12-17) OpenAI | 1168 | 3,694 | Proprietary | -4 |
| 112 |  Gemma 3 27B IT Google | 1165 | 16,982 | Gemma | -7 |
Alternatives · More from Mistral
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Mistral Large 4 Mistral | 1272 | 1,008 | Proprietary |
| 83 | Mistral Medium 3.5 Mistral | 1222 | 5,375 | Modified MIT |
| 84 | Mistral Large 3 Mistral | 1220 | 9,254 | Apache 2.0 |
| 117 | Mistral Medium 3 (2505) Mistral | 1157 | 10,793 | Proprietary |
| 121 | Mistral Small 3.2 (2506) Mistral | 1142 | 10,843 | Apache 2.0 |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 |  GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 |  Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 | Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 |  Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does Mistral Medium 3.1 (2508) rank among vision models?
Overall rank 109 (1172); OCR rank 106 (1175); Diagrams rank 108 (1175); Homework rank 106 (1165); Captioning rank 31 (1145); Entity recognition rank 49 (1147); Creative writing rank 86 (1200); Humor rank 84 (1168); English rank 110 (1179); Chinese rank 90 (1190) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Mistral Medium 3.1 (2508) at OCR?
Mistral Medium 3.1 (2508) ranks 106 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1175 (13,469 votes).
Is Mistral Medium 3.1 (2508) better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #90 of 128 (1190); English board: #110 of 167 (1179). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Mistral Medium 3.1 (2508) open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through Mistral’s apps or API.
How far is Mistral Medium 3.1 (2508) from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Mistral Medium 3.1 (2508) has 1172, 153 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.