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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Mistral Medium 3 vs Claude Sonnet 3.7

Too close to call on our weighted score (Mistral Medium 3 53, Claude Sonnet 3.7 50). The right pick depends on what you value most.

  1. Mistral AI

    Mistral Medium 3

    Released May 7, 2025

    53/100
    • ECI134.1
    • Price$0.40 / $2.00
    • Context131K
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  2. Anthropic

    Claude Sonnet 3.7

    Released Feb 19, 2025

    50/100
    • ECI141.2
    • Price$3.00 / $15.00
    • Context200K
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01 — Verdict

Too close to call

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 2 points (Mistral Medium 3 53/100, Claude Sonnet 3.7 50/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Claude Sonnet 3.7 for raw capability and Mistral Medium 3 on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityClaude Sonnet 3.7Capabilities Index (ECI): Claude Sonnet 3.7 141.2 · Mistral Medium 3 134.1
  • Lowest priceMistral Medium 3Mistral Medium 3 $0.80 · Claude Sonnet 3.7 $6.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextClaude Sonnet 3.7Claude Sonnet 3.7 200,000 · Mistral Medium 3 131,072 tokens
  • Widest inputsClaude Sonnet 3.7Mistral Medium 3: Text, Images · Claude Sonnet 3.7: Text, Images, PDFs
  • Self-hostingNo open weightsBoth are available only through APIs
How the score is built
MeasureWeightMistral Medium 3Claude Sonnet 3.7
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%5867
Price25%5413
Inputs & features15%5070
Context window10%2432
Overall100%53/10050/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

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

Mistral Medium 3 vs Claude Sonnet 3.7 specifications side by side
SpecificationMistral Medium 3Mistral AIClaude Sonnet 3.7Anthropic
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)134.1141.2 (best)
ECI rank#117 of 148#96 of 148 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions59.5%79.7% (best)
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics32.2%57.8% (best)
SWE-bench VerifiedFixing real GitHub issues—61.0%
Price per million tokens
Input$0.40 (best)$3.00
Output$2.00 (best)$15.00
Cached input——
Blended (3:1)$0.80 (best)$6.00
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Mistral APIMedian of 3 providers
Limits
Context window131,072 tokens200,000 tokens (best)
Max output131,072 tokens (best)64,000 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesYes
PDFsNoYes
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningNoYes
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputNoNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
API model IDmistral-medium-2505—
API providers5 (best)3
ReleasedMay 7, 2025Feb 19, 2025
Knowledge cutoffMay 2025Oct 31, 2024
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • Mistral Medium 3$8.00
  • Claude Sonnet 3.7$60.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Mistral Medium 3 or Claude Sonnet 3.7?

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 2 points (Mistral Medium 3 53/100, Claude Sonnet 3.7 50/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Claude Sonnet 3.7 for raw capability and Mistral Medium 3 on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Mistral Medium 3 or Claude Sonnet 3.7?

Mistral Medium 3 is cheaper at $0.40 input / $2.00 output per million tokens (official Mistral API price). Claude Sonnet 3.7 costs $3.00 input / $15.00 output per million tokens (median across 3 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.80 per million tokens for Mistral Medium 3 versus $6.00 for Claude Sonnet 3.7 (7.5× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Claude Sonnet 3.7 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Claude Sonnet 3.7 141.2 (#96 of 148) and Mistral Medium 3 134.1 (#117 of 148). Their confidence ranges do not overlap (138.7–142.9 vs 130.5–135.6), so the gap is a real one. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Claude Sonnet 3.7 79.7%, Mistral Medium 3 59.5%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Claude Sonnet 3.7 57.8%, Mistral Medium 3 32.2%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Mistral Medium 3 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Claude Sonnet 3.7 leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Claude Sonnet 3.7 has the largest context window at 200,000 tokens, against 131,072 for Mistral Medium 3. Maximum output per response: Mistral Medium 3 up to 131,072, Claude Sonnet 3.7 up to 64,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Mistral Medium 3 accepts text and images; Claude Sonnet 3.7 accepts text, images and PDFs. Claude Sonnet 3.7 handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

No. Mistral Medium 3 and Claude Sonnet 3.7 are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.

Which is newer?

Mistral Medium 3 is the newest, released May 7, 2025. Claude Sonnet 3.7 came out Feb 19, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Mistral Medium 3 May 2025, Claude Sonnet 3.7 Oct 31, 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.

05 — Keep comparing

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