Agentic
Not comparable- Inkling-Small
- 70.1
- Mistral Medium 3
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 2 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Model comparison
Inkling-Small vs Mistral Medium 3
Updated July 30, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.
The public evidence has no benchmark result shared by both models, so it does not support a quality verdict. Use the documented cost, context, and runtime rows instead.
0 results are shared. Category rows based on different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.
Which one for your work
Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.
Long documents
Prompts that approach the documented context limit
Inkling-Small
Inkling-Small has the larger documented context window.
Confidence: documented
Chat turn cost
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
Inkling-Small
Inkling-Small has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Confidence: listed-rates
Show secondary and unsupported calls
Repository review cost
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
Mistral Medium 3
Mistral Medium 3 has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Confidence: listed-rates
Coding work
Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks
Not enough matched evidence
No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.
Confidence: limited
Agentic work
Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion
Not enough matched evidence
No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.
Confidence: limited
Cache-heavy agent loop cost
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
The page does not recommend a cost winner because at least one model cannot fit the stated workload in one request. Mistral Medium 3 does not fit this workload in one request. Mistral Medium 3 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.
Confidence: rate-fallback
What is actually comparable
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.
20 Inkling-Small only
- Shared results
- 0
- Inkling-Small only
- 20
- Mistral Medium 3 only
- 0
- Like-for-like categories
- 0 / 8
Category results, on a stated basis
Each row states whether both averages use the same weighted benchmark set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner in this template.
Coding
Not comparable- Inkling-Small
- 62.4
- Mistral Medium 3
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 3 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Reasoning
Not comparable- Inkling-Small
- 40.1
- Mistral Medium 3
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 1 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Knowledge
Not comparable- Inkling-Small
- 53.4
- Mistral Medium 3
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 2 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Math
Not comparable- Inkling-Small
- 92.9
- Mistral Medium 3
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 2 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multilingual
Not comparable- Inkling-Small
- Not measured
- Mistral Medium 3
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multimodal
Not comparable- Inkling-Small
- 76.6
- Mistral Medium 3
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 2 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Instruction following
Not comparable- Inkling-Small
- 82.2
- Mistral Medium 3
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 1 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
| Category | Inkling-Small | Mistral Medium 3 | Weighted basis | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | 70.1 | Not measured | Not comparable2 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Coding | 62.4 | Not measured | Not comparable3 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Reasoning | 40.1 | Not measured | Not comparable1 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Knowledge | 53.4 | Not measured | Not comparable2 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Math | 92.9 | Not measured | Not comparable2 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Multilingual | Not measured | Not measured | Not comparable0 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Multimodal | 76.6 | Not measured | Not comparable2 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Instruction following | 82.2 | Not measured | Not comparable1 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
Shape of the matched evidence
Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.
A shared-evidence shape is not available.
BenchLM does not draw a radar or infer missing axes when the matched evidence is too sparse.
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.
Chat turn
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
- Inkling-Small
- $0.0013
- Fits in one request
- Mistral Medium 3
- $0.0014
- Fits in one request
Inkling-Small has the lower modeled cost
Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Repository review
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
- Inkling-Small
- $0.03332
- Fits in one request
- Mistral Medium 3
- $0.026
- Fits in one request
Mistral Medium 3 has the lower modeled cost
Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Cache-heavy agent loop
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
- Inkling-Small
- $0.0492
- Fits in one request
- Mistral Medium 3
- $0.108
- Does not fit in one request
- Cached input priced at the published list-input rate
Mistral Medium 3 does not fit this workload in one request. Mistral Medium 3 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.
Specification differences
Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.
SpecificationInkling-SmallMistral Medium 3
Context window
Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.
Inkling-Small
1M
Mistral Medium 3
128K
API model ID
Inkling-Small
Not sourced
Mistral Medium 3
Not sourced
Cached-input rate
A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.
Inkling-Small
$0.116 per 1M cached input tokens
Mistral Medium 3
Not published
Documented inputs
Inkling-Small
Not sourced
Mistral Medium 3
Not sourced
Documented outputs
Inkling-Small
Not sourced
Mistral Medium 3
Not sourced
Provider availability
Inkling-Small
Not sourced
Mistral Medium 3
Not sourced
Reasoning profile
Inkling-Small
Hybrid
Mistral Medium 3
Non-Reasoning
Weight access
Inkling-Small
Open Weight
Mistral Medium 3
Proprietary
License
Inkling-Small
Open Weight
Mistral Medium 3
Proprietary
Release date
Inkling-Small
2026-07-30
Mistral Medium 3
2026-02-20
If you already use one of these models
- Deployment change
- The models list different providers, so authentication, endpoint behavior, limits, and feature support may change.
- Quality signal
- The public evidence has no benchmark result shared by both models, so it does not support a quality verdict.
- Workload cost
- Repository review: $0.03332 vs $0.026. Cache-heavy agent loop: $0.0492 vs $0.108.
- Context tradeoff
- Inkling-Small has the larger documented window (1M).
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.
Benchmark evidence
The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.
Browse raw public benchmark evidence20 rows
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.0
Inkling-Small64.7%SourceMistral Medium 3—Not directly comparable
BrowseComp
Inkling-Small77.4%SourceMistral Medium 3—Not directly comparable
MCP Atlas
Inkling-Small79.6%SourceMistral Medium 3—Not directly comparable
Toolathlon-Verified
Inkling-Small54.4%SourceMistral Medium 3—Not directly comparable
Coding
SWE-bench Verified
Inkling-Small80.2%SourceMistral Medium 3—Not directly comparable
SWE-bench Pro
Inkling-Small55.9%SourceMistral Medium 3—Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0
Inkling-Small64.7%SourceMistral Medium 3—Not directly comparable
SciCode
Inkling-Small48.7%SourceMistral Medium 3—Not directly comparable
Reasoning
Knowledge
Math
Multimodal
Instruction following
IFBench
Inkling-Small82.2%SourceMistral Medium 3—Not directly comparable
Frequently asked questions
Which is better, Inkling-Small or Mistral Medium 3?
The public evidence has no benchmark result shared by both models, so it does not support a quality verdict. The page therefore keeps the decision tied to the specific documented workload.
Which is better for coding, Inkling-Small or Mistral Medium 3?
The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted coding basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a coding winner.
Which is better for agentic tasks, Inkling-Small or Mistral Medium 3?
The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted agentic tasks basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a agentic tasks winner.
Which costs less, Inkling-Small or Mistral Medium 3?
For the stated presets, chat costs $0.0013 on Inkling-Small and $0.0014 on Mistral Medium 3; repository review costs $0.03332 and $0.026; the cache-heavy agent loop costs $0.0492 and $0.108. Mistral Medium 3 does not fit this workload in one request. Mistral Medium 3 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.
Which has the larger context window, Inkling-Small or Mistral Medium 3?
Inkling-Small has the larger documented context window: 1M, compared with 128K.
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Last updated July 30, 2026
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