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Mistral Medium 3 vs Kimi-Dev

Mistral
Mistral Medium 3
Moonshot AI
Kimi-Dev
Overview
CompanyMistralMoonshot AI
Release dateMay 7 2025Jun 2025
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Specifications
Parameters
72B
Timeline
Release gapMistral Medium 3 shipped 25 days before Kimi-Dev

Which is better: Mistral Medium 3 or Kimi-Dev?

Mistral Medium 3 and Kimi-Dev don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Mistral Medium 3 shipped 25 days before Kimi-Dev, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Medium 3 is proprietary, while Kimi-Dev is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Mistral Medium 3 and Kimi-Dev don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Mistral Medium 3 was released by Mistral on May 7 2025.

Kimi-Dev was released by Moonshot AI on Jun 2025.

Mistral Medium 3 is a proprietary model released by Mistral. Kimi-Dev is an open weight model released by Moonshot AI.

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