Model comparison
Inkling vs Mistral Medium 3
Head-to-head evidence from 10 shared benchmark results across 4 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.
Verified leaderboard positions: Inkling #17; Mistral Medium 3 unranked
BenchAlign evidence: Inkling not scored; Mistral Medium 3 estimated. Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.
Evidence parity. Inkling and Mistral Medium 3 share 10 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 22 results are unique to Inkling; 4 to Mistral Medium 3.
Updated July 16, 2026- Shared results
- 10
- Inkling only
- 22
- Mistral Medium 3 only
- 4
- Comparable categories
- 0 / 8
Benchmark data for Inkling and Mistral Medium 3 is coming soon on BenchLM.
Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 10 shared benchmark results across 4 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.
Why this result
BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.
Inkling is priced at $1.87 input / $4.68 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.40 input / $2.00 output per 1M tokens for Mistral Medium 3. Inkling has the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for Mistral Medium 3.
Category breakdown
Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.
| Category | Inkling | Δ | Mistral Medium 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | Inkling69.4 | MarginNo overlap | Mistral Medium 3Not measured |
| Coding | Inkling68.6 | MarginNo overlap | Mistral Medium 3Not measured |
| Knowledge | Inkling51.7 | MarginNo overlap | Mistral Medium 3Not measured |
| Math | Inkling97.1 | MarginNo overlap | Mistral Medium 3Not measured |
| Multimodal | Inkling76.5 | MarginNo overlap | Mistral Medium 3Not measured |
| Inst. Following | Inkling79.8 | MarginNo overlap | Mistral Medium 3Not measured |
Operational comparison
Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.
| Metric | Inkling | Mistral Medium 3 | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens | Inkling$1.87 input / $4.68 output | Mistral Medium 3$0.4 input / $2 output | Mistral Medium 3 has the lower combined listed price. |
| Generation speedtokens per second | InklingNot available | Mistral Medium 357 tok/s | A complete speed comparison is not available. |
| First-answer latencyseconds to first token | InklingNot available | Mistral Medium 31.20 s | A complete latency comparison is not available. |
| Context windowmaximum listed tokens | Inkling1M | Mistral Medium 3128K | Inkling lists the larger context window. |
Benchmark Deep Dive
Agentic10 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Inkling | Mistral Medium 3 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | 63.8% | — | Not comparable |
| BrowseCompSource | 77.1% | — | Not comparable |
| MCP AtlasSource | 74.1% | — | Not comparable |
| Design Arena Agentic Web DevSource | 1258 | — | Not comparable |
| AA Agentic IndexSource | 32.3% | — | Not comparable |
| GDPval-AASource | 36.9% | — | Not comparable |
| GDPval-AASource | 1239 | — | Not comparable |
| AA BriefcaseSource | 836 | — | Not comparable |
| AA Tau3 BankingSource | 23.7% | — | Not comparable |
| τ²-bench resultsSource | — | 24.3% | Not comparable |
Coding6 benchmarks
Reasoning2 benchmarks
Knowledge10 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Inkling | Mistral Medium 3 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQASource | 87.9% | — | Not comparable |
| GPQA-DSource | 87.9% | — | Not comparable |
| HLESource | 46% | — | Not comparable |
| HLE w/o toolsSource | 30% | — | Not comparable |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource | 40.7% | 12.5% | Inkling leads |
| AA-GPQA DiamondSource | 87.2% | 57.8% | Inkling leads |
| AA-HLESource | 29.7% | 4.3% | Inkling leads |
| AA-Omniscience IndexSource | 2.1% | -31.5% | Inkling leads |
| AA-Omniscience AccuracySource | 40.0% | 18.3% | Inkling leads |
| AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource | 63.1% | 60.9% | Mistral Medium 3 leads |
Math1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Inkling | Mistral Medium 3 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME26Source | 97.1% | — | Not comparable |
Multimodal5 benchmarks
Frequently Asked Questions (3)
Can I compare Inkling and Mistral Medium 3 on BenchLM yet?
Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.
Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?
BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.
What data is available for Inkling and Mistral Medium 3 today?
Inkling: $1.87 input / $4.68 output per 1M tokens Mistral Medium 3: $0.40 input / $2.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.
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