Model comparison
Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking vs Mistral Medium 3
Head-to-head evidence from 0 shared benchmark results across 0 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.
Public leaderboard positions: Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking unranked (Not scored); Mistral Medium 3 #156 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.
Evidence parity. Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking and Mistral Medium 3 share 0 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 5 results are unique to Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking; 13 to Mistral Medium 3.
Updated July 23, 2026- Shared results
- 0
- Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking only
- 5
- Mistral Medium 3 only
- 13
- Comparable categories
- 0 / 8
Benchmark data for Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking and Mistral Medium 3 is coming soon on BenchLM.
Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 0 shared benchmark results across 0 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.
Operational comparison
Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.
| Metric | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Mistral Medium 3 | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-ThinkingNot available | Mistral Medium 3$0.4 input / $2 output | A complete price comparison is not available. |
| Generation speedtokens per second | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-ThinkingNot available | Mistral Medium 357 tok/s | A complete speed comparison is not available. |
| First-answer latencyseconds to first token | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-ThinkingNot available | Mistral Medium 31.20 s | A complete latency comparison is not available. |
| Context windowmaximum listed tokens | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking128K | Mistral Medium 3128K | Listed context windows are equal. |
Benchmark Deep Dive
Agentic2 benchmarks
Coding1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Mistral Medium 3 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-SciCodeSource | — | 33.1% | Not comparable |
Reasoning2 benchmarks
Knowledge9 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking | Mistral Medium 3 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-ReduxSource | 86.2% | — | Not comparable |
| GPQASource | 57.6% | — | Not comparable |
| GPQA-DSource | 57.6% | — | Not comparable |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource | — | 12.5% | Not comparable |
| AA-GPQA DiamondSource | — | 57.8% | Not comparable |
| AA-HLESource | — | 4.3% | Not comparable |
| AA-Omniscience IndexSource | — | -31.5% | Not comparable |
| AA-Omniscience AccuracySource | — | 18.3% | Not comparable |
| AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource | — | 60.9% | Not comparable |
Multimodal2 benchmarks
Frequently Asked Questions (3)
Can I compare Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking 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 Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking and Mistral Medium 3 today?
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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