Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Beam 1.0
Which is better for the money: Mistral Medium 3.5 by Mistral or Beam 1.0 by Reflection? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Beam 1.0
Beam 1.0 vs Mistral Medium 3.5: 113.4% more intelligence, 74.8% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 55.3% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Beam 1.0 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 14.2 | 30.3 | +113.4% Beam 1.0 is 2.1× more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,263.80 | $318.73 | −74.8% Beam 1.0 is 74.8% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 17.96s | 8.02s | −55.3% Beam 1.0 is 55.3% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.50 / $7.50 | $0.40 / $1.20 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Mistral Medium 3.5 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
- Beam 1.0 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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