Mistral Medium 3 vs OpenAI o4 Mini High
Compare Mistral Medium 3 by Mistral AI against OpenAI o4 Mini High by OpenAI, context windows of 131K vs 200K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Mistral Medium 3
OpenAI o4 Mini High
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Mistral Medium 3
Input
$0.40
2.8× cheaper
Output
$2.00
2.2× cheaper
OpenAI o4 Mini High
Input
$1.10
Output
$4.40
Mistral Medium 3 is cheaper on both — 2.8× input, 2.2× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
24%
Mistral Medium 3 uses 859.1x more bold
Mistral Medium 3
OpenAI o4 Mini High
57%Vocabulary70%
17wSentence Length18w
0.73Hedging0.33
8.6Bold0.0
6.5Lists1.3
0.06Emoji0.02
1.18Headings0.00
0.15Transitions0.04
Based on 15 + 14 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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