Mellum vs Mistral Medium 3
| Signal | Mellum | Delta | Mistral Medium 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
Capabilities | 17 | -50 | |
Pricing | 100 | +2 | |
Context window size | 0 | -81 | |
Recency | 56 | +4 | |
Output Capacity | 20 | -- | |
| Overall Result | 2 wins | of 5 | 2 wins |
Score History
22.7
current score
Mellum
right now
14.6
current score
Mellum
JetBrains
Mistral Medium 3
Mistral AI
Mellum saves you $140.00/month
That's $1680.00/year compared to Mistral Medium 3 at your current usage level of 100K calls/month.
| Metric | Mellum | Mistral Medium 3 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Score | 23 | 15 | Mellum |
| Rank | #343 | #345 | Mellum |
| Quality Rank | #343 | #345 | Mellum |
| Adoption Rank | #343 | #345 | Mellum |
| Parameters | -- | -- | -- |
| Context Window | -- | 131K | -- |
| Pricing | Free | $0.40/$2.00/M | -- |
| Signal Scores | |||
| Capabilities | 17 | 67 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| Pricing | 100 | 98 | Mellum |
| Context window size | 0 | 81 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| Recency | 56 | 51 | Mellum |
| Output Capacity | 20 | 20 | Mellum |
Our score (0-100) is driven by benchmark performance (90%) from Arena Elo ratings, MMLU, GPQA, HumanEval, SWE-bench, and 15+ standardized evaluations. Capabilities and context window serve as tiebreakers (10%). Learn more about our methodology.
Scores 23/100 (rank #343), placing it in the top -18% of all 290 models tracked.
Scores 15/100 (rank #345), placing it in the top -19% of all 290 models tracked.
Mellum has a 8-point advantage, which typically translates to noticeably better performance on complex reasoning, code generation, and multi-step tasks.
Choose Mellum when you need:
- High-volume production workloads where API costs must be minimized
Choose Mistral Medium 3 when you need:
- Processing long documents or large codebases (131K token context)
- Multimodal workflows that require image understanding
- Agentic applications using tool/function calling
Compare the cost per quality point to find the best value for your specific workload.
Both models have comparable response speeds. For most applications, the latency difference is negligible.
When latency matters most: Interactive chatbots, IDE code completion, real-time translation, and user-facing applications where response time directly impacts experience. For batch processing, background summarization, or offline analysis, latency is less critical.
Code generation & review
Based on overall model capabilities and architecture for coding tasks like generating functions, debugging, and refactoring
Customer support chatbot
Suitable for user-facing chat with competitive response times. Mellum also offers lower per-token costs for high-volume support
Long document analysis
Larger context window (131K tokens) can process longer documents, contracts, and research papers in a single pass
Batch data extraction
Lower output pricing ($0.00/M) reduces costs when processing thousands of records daily
Creative writing & content
Higher overall composite score (23/100) correlates with better nuance, coherence, and style in long-form content
Image understanding & OCR
Supports vision input - can analyze screenshots, diagrams, photos, and scanned documents directly
Mellum has a moderate advantage with a 8.1-point lead in composite score. It wins on more signal dimensions, but Mistral Medium 3 has specific strengths that could make it the better choice for certain workflows.
By Use Case
Best for Quality
Mellum
Marginally better benchmark scores; both are excellent
Best for Cost
Mellum
100% lower pricing; better value at scale
Best for Reliability
Mellum
Higher uptime and faster response speeds
Best for Prototyping
Mellum
Stronger community support and better developer experience
Best for Production
Mellum
Wider enterprise adoption and proven at scale
by JetBrains
- Choose for Quality - Marginally better benchmark scores; both are excellent
- Choose for Cost - 100% lower pricing; better value at scale
- Choose for Reliability - Higher uptime and faster response speeds
- Choose for Prototyping - Stronger community support and better developer experience
- Choose for Production - Wider enterprise adoption and proven at scale
| Capability | Mellum | Mistral Medium 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Vision (Image Input)differs | ||
| Function Callingdiffers | ||
| Streaming | ||
| JSON Modediffers | ||
| Reasoning | ||
| Web Search | ||
| Image Output |
Mellum
JetBrains
Mistral Medium 3
Mistral AI
Mellum saves you $3.12/month
That's 100% cheaper than Mistral Medium 3 at 1,000 tokens/request and 100 requests/day.
Assumes 60% input / 40% output token ratio per request. Actual costs may vary based on your usage pattern.
| Parameter | Mellum | Mistral Medium 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Context Window | -- | 131K |
| Max Output Tokens | -- | -- |
| Open Source | No | No |
| Created | Jun 1, 2025 | May 7, 2025 |