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Updated Aug 2026

Mistral Medium 3vsQwen3.8 Flash

Qwen3.8 Flash is cheaper than Mistral Medium 3 at $0.15/M vs $0.4/M input tokens.

Mistral Medium 3 and Qwen3.8 Flash compared across 8 shared prompts
SpecMistral Medium 3Qwen3.8 Flash
Input price$0.4/M tokens$0.15/M tokens
Output price$2/M tokens$0.47/M tokens
Context window131K tokens1.0M tokens
Weights—Closed
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedMay 2025Aug 2026
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Opening lines from 3 of the 8 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Simple 7-Ingredient Recipe

Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish…

Mistral Medium 3175 words
Dish Name: "Golden Crispy Chickpea Delight" A savory, crunchy, and protein-packed snack or side dish made with just 7 pantry staples! Ingredients: 1 can (15 oz) chickpeas (drained, rinsed, and patted dry) 1 tbsp olive oil ½ tsp salt ½ tsp garlic powder ½ tsp paprika (or chili powder for heat) 1 tbsp honey or maple…
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Qwen3.8 Flash147 words
Moon Halo Cookies A soft, golden sugar cookie with crisp edges and a tender center—made with just 7 pantry staples. Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 10 minutes Total time: 20 minutes Makes: About 16 cookies Ingredients 1/2 cup butter, softened 3/4 cup sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour…
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Beginner's Longevity Plan

Outline a simple, actionable 1-month plan for someone starting their journey towards better health and longevity. Focus on 3 key areas…

Mistral Medium 3490 words
Here’s a simple, actionable 1-month plan to improve health and longevity, focusing on diet, exercise, and sleep—three foundational pillars. Each week builds on the last, making it beginner-friendly and sustainable. Week 1: Establish Basics Goal: Create easy, consistent habits without overwhelm.
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Qwen3.8 Flash368 words
1-Month Beginner Health & Longevity Plan Focus areas: Nutrition, Movement, Sleep Week 1: Build the basics Nutrition Add 1 serving of vegetables to 2 meals per day. Drink water with each meal. Choose protein at most meals: eggs, beans, tofu, chicken, fish, yogurt. Movement Walk 10–15 minutes daily.
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Explain Like I'm a Specific Expert

Explain how a large language model (like GPT or Claude) learns and generates text to each of these three audiences: 1. **An experienced…

Mistral Medium 3690 words
1. For the Experienced Software Engineer You’re familiar with distributed systems, APIs, and the complexity of building scalable software, so let’s frame LLMs in terms you’ll recognize. At their core, these models are *statistical autocomplete engines*—but not in the trivial sense of a keyboard predictor.
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Qwen3.8 Flash983 words
For an experienced software engineer Training a large language model is not “just” making it guess the next word in isolation. It is fitting an enormous parameterized function to predict the next token conditioned on all previous tokens in a sequence.
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Our Verdict
Qwen3.8 Flash
Qwen3.8 Flash
Mistral Medium 3
Mistral Medium 3Runner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Qwen3.8 Flash has the edge: newer, bigger context window.

Qwen3.8 Flash costs 4.3x less per token.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Mistral Medium 3
Input
$0.40
Output
$2.00
Qwen3.8 Flash
Input
$0.15
2.7× cheaper
Output
$0.47
4.3× cheaper

Qwen3.8 Flash is cheaper on both: 2.7× input, 4.3× output.

Where to run it

2 hosts

Mistral Medium 31 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Mistral$0.40 in·$2.00 out·131k·99.9% up
Qwen3.8 Flash1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Alibaba Cloud$0.15 in·$0.47 out·1M·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 22 Sep 2026.

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Mistral Medium 3 is developed by Mistral AI while Qwen3.8 Flash is developed by Qwen. Mistral Medium 3 has a 131K token context window vs Qwen3.8 Flash's 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 8 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. Mistral Medium 3 and Qwen3.8 Flash each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 8 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

Mistral Medium 3 costs $0.4/M input tokens and Qwen3.8 Flash costs $0.15/M input tokens. Qwen3.8 Flash is $0.25/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of Mistral Medium 3 and Qwen3.8 Flash across shared challenges. You can vote on which model produced the better output in a blind duel. Browsing and voting are free. No account is needed to look; signing in only saves your votes and likes.

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