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Mistral Medium 3 vs Mixtral 8×7B

Mistral Mistral Medium 3 vs Mistral Mixtral 8×7B — side-by-side specs.

Mistral
Mistral Medium 3
Mistral
Mixtral 8×7B
Overview
CompanyMistralMistral
Release dateMay 7 2025Dec 9 2023
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapMixtral 8×7B shipped 515 days before Mistral Medium 3

Which is better: Mistral Medium 3 or Mixtral 8×7B?

Mistral Medium 3 and Mixtral 8×7B do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Mixtral 8×7B shipped 515 days before Mistral Medium 3, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mixtral 8×7B is an open-source / open-weight model; Mistral Medium 3 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Mistral Medium 3 released?
Mistral Medium 3 was released by Mistral on May 7 2025.
When was Mixtral 8×7B released?
Mixtral 8×7B was released by Mistral on Dec 9 2023.
Is Mistral Medium 3 or Mixtral 8×7B open source?
Mixtral 8×7B is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Mistral Medium 3 is a proprietary model released by Mistral.

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