# Mistral Medium 3.5 128B vs ZAYA1-74B-Preview

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Mistral Medium 3.5 128B and ZAYA1-74B-Preview across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/mistral-medium-3-5-128b-vs-zaya1-74b-preview
- Last updated: September 23, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.6

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Mistral Medium 3.5 128B and ZAYA1-74B-Preview 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.
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview has the lower published output-token price.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Mistral | Zyphra |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 36.22 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $7.50 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 20.3 (Supported · #86/105)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| τ³-bench results | 91.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 39.10% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 39.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench Airline | Coming soon | 56.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 29.8 (Estimated · #95/135)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.6% | 53.2% | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 66.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 65.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 68.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 55.7 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 34 (Supported · #111/160)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 34.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 75.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 68.1% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 57.3% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 57.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 82.6 (#49/124)
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-74B-Preview public-lane score: 51.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | ZAYA1-74B-Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 76.4% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Mistral Medium 3.5 128B and ZAYA1-74B-Preview?

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.

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