Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct vs Mistral Medium 3.1
Compare Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct by Moonshot AI against Mistral Medium 3.1 by Mistral AI, context windows of 1.0M vs 131K, tested across 35 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Mistral Medium 3.1Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is 3.3x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.30
1.3× cheaper
Output
$0.60
3.3× cheaper
Mistral Medium 3.1
Input
$0.40
Output
$2.00
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct is cheaper on both — 1.3× input, 3.3× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
42%
Mistral Medium 3.1 uses 39.3x more emoji
Kimi Linear 48B A3B Instruct
Mistral Medium 3.1
63%Vocabulary52%
15wSentence Length22w
0.19Hedging0.45
5.2Bold10.4
3.2Lists5.9
0.00Emoji0.39
0.38Headings1.12
0.05Transitions0.18
Based on 14 + 22 text responses
Research
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