Mistral Medium 3.5

Mistral chatreasoningtool_usevision Long

API ID: mistralai/mistral-medium-3.5-20260430

Input Price
$1.50
/1M tokens
Output Price
$7.50
/1M tokens

About Mistral Medium 3.5

Mistral Medium is Mistral AI's balanced model, offering strong performance at moderate pricing for production applications. Positioned between Mistral Small and Mistral Large, it provides an excellent capability-to-cost ratio for tasks requiring more than basic AI but not flagship-level power. The model excels at general reasoning, content generation, and code assistance, handling most business applications effectively. Mistral Medium features good multilingual support and demonstrates Mistral's efficient architecture design. It's particularly valuable for enterprise deployments where consistent quality matters but maximum capability isn't required for every request. The model supports function calling and integrates well with existing workflows. For organizations building AI-powered products that need reliable performance without premium pricing, Mistral Medium offers a practical middle ground. It serves as the workhorse model for many European enterprises seeking capable AI with regional provider benefits.

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Price Ranking
#1109 lowest price among 1240 Chat models

Model Specifications

Context Length
262k
Max Output
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Release Date
2026-04-30
Capabilities
chat reasoning tool_use vision
Input Modalities
textimagefile
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Complex reasoning, math problems, multi-step logic
  • Image analysis, document understanding, visual Q&A
  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

Consider Alternatives For

  • Simple Q&A (cheaper models available)

๐Ÿ’ฐ Real-World Cost Examples

Estimated monthly costs for common use cases

Personal AI Assistant
$2.92
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$90.00
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each
Data Analysis Pipeline
$123.75
/month
500 analyses/day, ~2k tokens each

Mistral Model Lineup

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Mistral Medium 3.5 Current Free Free 262k chat reasoning tool_use vision
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๐Ÿš€ Quick Start

Get started with Mistral Medium 3.5 API

OpenAI-compatible SDK
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.provider.com/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="mistralai/mistral-medium-3.5-20260430",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)