Mistral Medium 3.5
MistralOpenModified MIT
Mistral Medium 3.5 is a vision-language model from Mistral. It ranks 83 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1222±9 from 5,375 votes. Its best category is Diagrams (#73 of 123). License: Modified MIT.
Key figures
- Developer
- Mistral
- License
- Modified MIT
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
No data: Captioning, Entity recognition.
Who it suits
- Overall #83 of 167: upper half.
- Strongest category: Diagrams (#73 of 123).
- Open weights (Modified MIT): you can self-host it.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 |  Grok 4.3 xAI | 1229 | 27,901 | Proprietary | +7 |
| 81 |  GPT-5.2 OpenAI | 1229 | 20,100 | Proprietary | +7 |
| 82 |  MiMo-V2-Omni Xiaomi | 1228 | 10,650 | Proprietary | +6 |
| 83 | Mistral Medium 3.5 Mistral | 1222 | 5,375 | Modified MIT | |
| 84 | Mistral Large 3 Mistral | 1220 | 9,254 | Apache 2.0 | -2 |
| 85 | GPT-6 Luna (Max) OpenAI | 1216 | 3,662 | Proprietary | -6 |
| 86 | o3 (2025-04-16) OpenAI | 1214 | 45,567 | Proprietary | -8 |
Alternatives · More from Mistral
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Mistral Large 4 Mistral | 1272 | 1,008 | Proprietary |
| 84 | Mistral Large 3 Mistral | 1220 | 9,254 | Apache 2.0 |
| 109 | Mistral Medium 3.1 (2508) Mistral | 1172 | 41,611 | Proprietary |
| 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 3.5 rank among vision models?
Overall rank 83 (1222); OCR rank 84 (1233); Diagrams rank 73 (1254); Homework rank 87 (1230); Creative writing rank 87 (1198); Humor rank 69 (1216); English rank 75 (1240); Chinese rank 76 (1244) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Mistral Medium 3.5 at OCR?
Mistral Medium 3.5 ranks 84 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1233 (3,905 votes).
Is Mistral Medium 3.5 better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #76 of 128 (1244); English board: #75 of 167 (1240). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Mistral Medium 3.5 open-weight?
LMArena lists its license as Modified MIT, not proprietary; check the license text for commercial use.
How far is Mistral Medium 3.5 from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Mistral Medium 3.5 has 1222, 103 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 –.