Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash
Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral AI Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle Our takeGemini 3.8 Flash wins 4 of 4 categories and costs less: 2.0× cheaper for everyday text work. Easy pick.
Overall1871Best
Coding1966Best
Writing3580Best
Support4078Best
Value966Best
Input / 1M$1.50$0.75Best
Output / 1M$7.50$3.75Best
Blended / 1M$3.00$1.50Best
Context window262K1MBest
Open weightsYesNo
Released29 Apr 20262 Sept 2026
Your monthly bill
Mistral Medium 3.5$600
Gemini 3.8 Flash$300Cheapest
List prices, a quarter of the tokens as output. Scores are provisional, from Arena and Epoch AI.