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GPT-6.1 Terravs.Mistral Medium 3.5

Which one is better?

GPT-6.1 Terra is clearly ahead in the overall index and is cheaper too: Mistral Medium 3.5 costs 1.5 times as much per token.

IntelligenceOverall index, 0 to 100 · higher is better
67

GPT-6.1 Terra

Rank 12 to 27

below 1

Mistral Medium 3.5

Rank 78 to 92

SpeedTokens per second · higher is better
91

GPT-6.1 Terra

fairly slow

158

Mistral Medium 3.5

fairly fast

PriceDollars per 1M tokens · lower is better
$2

GPT-6.1 Terra

fairly expensive

$3

Mistral Medium 3.5

fairly expensive

GPT-6.1 Terra

Subscription

Subscriptions in Germany: n/a

Via API

$1 input, $5 output per 1M tokens.

Mistral Medium 3.5

Subscription

Free to use at Mistral AI (Mistral Vibe Free), more from €7.13 a month (Mistral Vibe Pro Education). 5 plans in Germany.

Via API

$1.50 input, $7.50 output per 1M tokens, more expensive since Oct 11, 2026 (before $0.40 and $2).

Overall index with data through Oct 29, 2026 · Prices from Oct 29, 2026 · Speed: measured by Artificial Analysis · Subscriptions as of Oct 24, 2026 · Subscription prices incl. VAT

Where is the difference?

Values from 0 to 100 per task area. We only name a winner when the gap is large enough and there are enough tests.

GPT-6.1 Terra ahead: 7Mistral Medium 3.5 ahead: 0level: 0too little data: 3of 10 areas

GPT-6.1 TerraMistral Medium 3.50 to 100, higher is better
Areas in the overall index
CodingGPT-6.1 Terra aheadGPT-6.1 Terra: 84Mistral Medium 3.5: below 1
ReasoningGPT-6.1 Terra aheadGPT-6.1 Terra: 88Mistral Medium 3.5: below 1
Mathematicsonly Mistral Medium 3.5 has a scoreGPT-6.1 Terra: not enough dataMistral Medium 3.5: below 1
KnowledgeGPT-6.1 Terra aheadGPT-6.1 Terra: 80Mistral Medium 3.5: below 1
AgentsGPT-6.1 Terra aheadGPT-6.1 Terra: 57Mistral Medium 3.5: below 1
Generalonly Mistral Medium 3.5 has a scoreGPT-6.1 Terra: not enough dataMistral Medium 3.5: below 1
MultimodalGPT-6.1 Terra aheadGPT-6.1 Terra: 70Mistral Medium 3.5: below 1
Specialist fields
FinanceGPT-6.1 Terra aheadGPT-6.1 Terra: 45Mistral Medium 3.5: below 1
LegalGPT-6.1 Terra aheadGPT-6.1 Terra: 8Mistral Medium 3.5: below 1
Healthonly Mistral Medium 3.5 has a scoreGPT-6.1 Terra: not enough dataMistral Medium 3.5: below 1
Show 1 more areas that do not count toward the overall index
GPT-6.1 TerraMistral Medium 3.50 to 100, higher is better
Educationonly Mistral Medium 3.5 has a scoreGPT-6.1 Terra: not enough dataMistral Medium 3.5: below 1

See for yourself: same task, one attempt

The same prompt for both models. We show the latest attempt without fixes; it does not count toward the overall index.

Pelican on a bicycle

A community classic for free-form SVG drawing.

GPT-6.1 Terra

Not tested yet

Mistral Medium 3.5

Mistral Medium 3.5: Pelican on a bicycle
A community classic for free-form SVG drawing.

Reasoning (requested): high

Current attempt
Run date
Oct 1, 2026
API provider
openrouter
Requested API model
mistralai/mistral-medium-3-5
API model reported in response
mistralai/mistral-medium-3-5
Reasoning setting
high
Pinned endpoint
Mistral | mistralai/mistral-medium-3.5-20260430
Temperature
Provider default
Token limit including reasoning
8,192 tokens
Test protocol
community-visual-tests-v1
Technical checks
Passed, not a quality rating
Response time
38.7 s

Visually reviewed. This individual test does not establish overall model quality.

Earlier attempts (1)
  • Sep 7, 2026API request failedReasoning setting: high
Prompt and test conditions

Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle

Token limit including reasoning: 8,192 tokens

Task origin (Simon Willison)
SVG short test

There is no shared test round for this selection. Results from different rounds are not mixed.

All data side by side

The better value is bold. For the overall index only when the gap is clear.

MetricGPT-6.1 TerraMistral Medium 3.5
Intelligence
Overall index0 to 100, higher is better67below 1
RankRank 12 to 27 of 95Rank 78 to 92 of 95
Price per 1M tokens
Inputwhat you send$1above 272,000 tokens: $2$1.50
Outputwhat the model writes$5above 272,000 tokens: $7.50$7.50
Speed
Tokens per second91158
Technical
Context windowhow much text the model reads at once1.05 M tokens≈ 1,580 A4 pages262,144 tokens≈ 390 A4 pages
Knowledge cutoffJun 1, 2026n/a
ReleasedOct 26, 2026Apr 28, 2026
AvailabilityActiveActive
Open weightsnoyes
  • GPT-6.1 Terra, 12-hour cache write: The table's cache-write rate covers 30-minute retention. With 12-hour retention it is $2.50 per 1M tokens through 272,000 input tokens, $5 above. Source
  • GPT-6.1 Terra, Long-context billing: Above 272,000 input tokens, the higher rates apply to the entire request. Input and cache rates double, while output costs 1.5 times the standard rate. Source
  • GPT-6.1 Terra, Batch and Flex pricing: 50% off standard pricing Source
  • GPT-6.1 Terra, Fast pricing: Fast mode costs twice the standard price Source
  • GPT-6.1 Terra, Regional processing: 10% surcharge over standard processing Source

Prices without caching or batch discounts · Page count as a rule of thumb from Artificial Analysis

Shared benchmarks

Single results from the same benchmark version, task and metric. A value is bold only with the same test setup and a clear gap.

A: GPT-6.1 TerraB: Mistral Medium 3.5

Legal Research BenchOverall · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 26%Mistral Medium 3.5: 9.1%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 15.2%Mistral Medium 3.5: 4.5%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vibe Code Bench v1.1Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 84%Mistral Medium 3.5: 2.9%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchAdministrative / Regulatory · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 45.5%Mistral Medium 3.5: 7.6%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchControversy & Precedence Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 5.9%Mistral Medium 3.5: 3.3%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchAdministrative / Regulatory · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 84.8%Mistral Medium 3.5: 67.5%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchControversy & Precedence Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 42.5%Mistral Medium 3.5: 18.4%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchBusiness & Commercial · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 16.3%Mistral Medium 3.5: 9.3%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchCurrent & Temporal Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 22.1%Mistral Medium 3.5: 6.5%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchBusiness & Commercial · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 75.9%Mistral Medium 3.5: 71.3%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
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Tax Agent BenchCurrent & Temporal Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 53.1%Mistral Medium 3.5: 29.4%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchCivil Litigation · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 14.8%Mistral Medium 3.5: 11.1%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchFact-Pattern Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 16.1%Mistral Medium 3.5: 2.3%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchCivil Litigation · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 80.6%Mistral Medium 3.5: 66%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchFact-Pattern Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 47.2%Mistral Medium 3.5: 24.4%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchConstitutional / Civil Rights · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 23.7%Mistral Medium 3.5: 10.5%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchForms & Filings · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 12.6%Mistral Medium 3.5: 0%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchConstitutional / Civil Rights · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 78%Mistral Medium 3.5: 68.2%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchForms & Filings · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 51.7%Mistral Medium 3.5: 21.3%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchCriminal · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 17.5%Mistral Medium 3.5: 10.5%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchNumbers & Calculations · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 19.1%Mistral Medium 3.5: 9%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchCriminal · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 76.2%Mistral Medium 3.5: 60.9%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchNumbers & Calculations · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 63.9%Mistral Medium 3.5: 45.3%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchFamily · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 4.5%Mistral Medium 3.5: 0%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchRule & Source Lookup · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 14.9%Mistral Medium 3.5: 6.7%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchFamily · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 64.8%Mistral Medium 3.5: 42.7%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchRule & Source Lookup · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 40.9%Mistral Medium 3.5: 26.3%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchHealth · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 56.7%Mistral Medium 3.5: 6.7%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchWeighted Pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 49.7%Mistral Medium 3.5: 27.3%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchHealth · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 92.8%Mistral Medium 3.5: 67.8%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchImmigration · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 9.1%Mistral Medium 3.5: 9.1%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchImmigration · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 69.8%Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.1%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchOverall · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 78.7%Mistral Medium 3.5: 63.3%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026

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