Mistral Medium 3 is a high-performance enterprise-grade language model designed to deliver frontier-level capabilities at significantly reduced operational cost. It balances state-of-the-art reasoning and multimodal performance with 8× lowe…
Model details →Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 vs Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B Thinking is a multimodal model that unifies strong text generation with visual understanding across images and video. The Thinking model is optimized for multimodal reasoning in STEM and math. The series emphasizes robust…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 131K | 131K | Tie |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.40 | $0.26 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $2.00 | $2.60 | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | Yes | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 better than Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking?
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking?
Input: $0.40 vs $0.26 per 1M tokens. Output: $2.00 vs $2.60 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking support?
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 supports up to 131K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking supports up to 131K tokens.
Do both Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking support tool calling?
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3: yes. Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking: yes.