Mistral Medium 3.5 is a dense 128B instruction-following model from Mistral AI. It supports text and image inputs with text output, and is designed for agentic workflows, coding, and complex...
Model details →Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 (batch) vs Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 (batch) wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Exclusively available on the OpenRouter API, Sonar Pro's new Pro Search mode is Perplexity's most advanced agentic search system. It is designed for deeper reasoning and analysis. Pricing is based...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 (batch) | Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 262K | 200K | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 (batch) |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.75 | $3.00 | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 (batch) |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $3.75 | $15.00 | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 (batch) |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | — | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 (batch) |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 (batch) better than Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search?
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 (batch) wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 (batch) and Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search?
Input: $0.75 vs $3.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $3.75 vs $15.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 (batch) and Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search support?
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 (batch) supports up to 262K tokens. Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search supports up to 200K tokens.
Do both Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 (batch) and Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search support tool calling?
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 (batch): yes. Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search: not advertised.