# GPT-4.1 mini vs Mistral Medium 3.5 128B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-4.1 mini and Mistral Medium 3.5 128B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-4-1-mini-vs-mistral-medium-3-5-128b
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: GPT-4.1 mini and Mistral Medium 3.5 128B share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- GPT-4.1 mini has the lower published output-token price.
- GPT-4.1 mini has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-4.1 mini | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Mistral |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 29.09 | 36.09 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.40 / $1.60 | $1.50 / $7.50 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 19.7 (Supported · #100/117)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 91.4% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 39.10% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 39.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 19.8 (Estimated · #123/143)
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 26.6 (Estimated · #102/143)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 23.6% | 77.6% | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 66.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 52.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 69.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 47.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 56.7 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 31.1 (Supported · #136/169)
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 33.6 (Supported · #121/169)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 87.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 64.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 34.8% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 75.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 42.8 (#94/124)
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 82.6 (#48/124)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 88.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 28.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 4.483% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between GPT-4.1 mini and Mistral Medium 3.5 128B?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

## Related Comparisons

- [GPT-4.1 mini vs GPT-4.1](/compare/gpt-4-1-vs-gpt-4-1-mini)
- [Mistral Medium 3.5 128B vs GPT-4.1](/compare/gpt-4-1-vs-mistral-medium-3-5-128b)
- [GPT-4.1 mini vs GPT-4.1 nano](/compare/gpt-4-1-mini-vs-gpt-4-1-nano)
- [Mistral Medium 3.5 128B vs GPT-4.1 nano](/compare/gpt-4-1-nano-vs-mistral-medium-3-5-128b)

## Explore More

- [GPT-4.1 mini profile](/models/gpt-4-1-mini)
- [Mistral Medium 3.5 128B profile](/models/mistral-medium-3-5-128b)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
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