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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Devstral Medium vs Ling-1T

Too close to call on our weighted score (Devstral Medium 39, Ling-1T 37). The right pick depends on what you value most.

  1. Mistral AI

    Devstral Medium

    Released Jul 10, 2025Deprecated

    39/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.40 / $2.00
    • Context128K
  2. inclusionAI

    Ling-1T

    Released Oct 2025

    37/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.57 / $2.29
    • Context128K
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01 — Verdict

Too close to call

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 2 points (Devstral Medium 39/100, Ling-1T 37/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Devstral Medium on price. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

  • CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
  • Lowest priceDevstral MediumDevstral Medium $0.80 · Ling-1T $1.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextAbout the sameDevstral Medium 128,000 · Ling-1T 128,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsSame inputsDevstral Medium: Text · Ling-1T: Text
  • Self-hostingLing-1TPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightDevstral MediumLing-1T
Price50%5450
Inputs & features30%2525
Context window20%2424
Overall100%39/10037/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Devstral Medium vs Ling-1T specifications side by side
SpecificationDevstral MediumMistral AILing-1TinclusionAI
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)——
ECI rank——
Price per million tokens
Input$0.40 (best)$0.57
Output$2.00 (best)$2.29
Cached input——
Blended (3:1)$0.80 (best)$1.00
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Mistral APIOfficial Bailing API
Limits
Context window128,000 tokens128,000 tokens
Max output128,000 tokens (best)32,000 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesNoNo
PDFsNoNo
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningNoNo
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputNoNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpen
API model IDdevstral-medium-2507Ling-1T
API providers2 (best)1
ReleasedJul 10, 2025Oct 2025
Knowledge cutoffMay 2025Jun 2024
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • Devstral Medium$8.00
  • Ling-1T$10.28
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Devstral Medium or Ling-1T?

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 2 points (Devstral Medium 39/100, Ling-1T 37/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Devstral Medium on price. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

Which is cheaper, Devstral Medium or Ling-1T?

Devstral Medium is cheaper at $0.40 input / $2.00 output per million tokens (official Mistral API price). Ling-1T costs $0.57 input / $2.29 output per million tokens (official Bailing API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.80 per million tokens for Devstral Medium versus $1.00 for Ling-1T (1.3× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. Devstral Medium has not been scored yet and Ling-1T has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Devstral Medium and Ling-1T yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Devstral Medium and Ling-1T share the same 128,000-token context window. Maximum output per response: Devstral Medium up to 128,000, Ling-1T up to 32,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Devstral Medium accepts text; Ling-1T accepts text. They handle the same number of input types.

Are any of these open source?

Ling-1T publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Devstral Medium is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Ling-1T is the newest, released Oct 2025. Devstral Medium came out Jul 10, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Devstral Medium May 2025, Ling-1T Jun 2024.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.