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Mistral Medium 3.5 vs GPT-4.1 mini

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Mistral
Mistral Medium 3.5
OpenAI
GPT-4.1 mini
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateApr 29 2026May 14 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
128B
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
77.6%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapGPT-4.1 mini shipped 350 days before Mistral Medium 3.5

Which is better: Mistral Medium 3.5 or GPT-4.1 mini?

Mistral Medium 3.5 leads GPT-4.1 mini on 1 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). GPT-4.1 mini shipped 350 days before Mistral Medium 3.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Medium 3.5 is an open-source / open-weight model; GPT-4.1 mini is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Mistral Medium 3.5 released?
Mistral Medium 3.5 was released by Mistral on Apr 29 2026.
When was GPT-4.1 mini released?
GPT-4.1 mini was released by OpenAI on May 14 2025.
Is Mistral Medium 3.5 or GPT-4.1 mini open source?
Mistral Medium 3.5 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. GPT-4.1 mini is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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