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Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Kimi-VL

Mistral
Mistral Medium 3.5
Moonshot AI
Kimi-VL
Overview
CompanyMistralMoonshot AI
Release dateApr 29 2026Apr 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesYes
Specifications
Parameters
128B
16B
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
77.6%
Timeline
Release gapKimi-VL shipped 393 days before Mistral Medium 3.5

Which is better: Mistral Medium 3.5 or Kimi-VL?

Mistral Medium 3.5 and Kimi-VL don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Kimi-VL shipped 393 days before Mistral Medium 3.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Medium 3.5 has 128B parameters, while Kimi-VL has 16B.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Mistral Medium 3.5 and Kimi-VL don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Mistral Medium 3.5 released?
Mistral Medium 3.5 was released by Mistral on Apr 29 2026.
When was Kimi-VL released?
Kimi-VL was released by Moonshot AI on Apr 2025.

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