Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Mistral Medium 3.5
Which is better for the money: Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite by Google or Mistral Medium 3.5 by Mistral? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite: 36.0% less intelligence, 245.6% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 87.7% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 22.2 | 14.2 | −36.0% Mistral Medium 3.5 is 36.0% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $365.63 | $1,263.80 | +245.6% Mistral Medium 3.5 is 3.5× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 9.51s | 17.85s | +87.7% Mistral Medium 3.5 is 87.7% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.30 / $2.50 | $1.50 / $7.50 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Speech, Video | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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