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Best Mistral Vision Models

Quick answer · Updated June 2026

Mistral Medium 3.5 is the best vision-capable Mistral model, pairing 39.2 intelligence with image and document understanding. Mistral Large 3 2512 (22.8) and Mistral Medium 3.1 (21.3) round out the top three.

39.2Intelligence
64 t/sSpeed
$1.50Input /M
262KContext

Multimodal large language models that accept image input, ranked by intelligence. The best vision-capable AI models for understanding images, documents and charts.

  1. 1M
    mistral-medium-3-5
    ReasoningToolsJSON+139.2 intel · $1.50/M · 64 t/s
    39.2
    Intelligence
  2. 2M
    mistral-large-2512
    ToolsJSONVision22.8 intel · $0.500/M · 40 t/s
    22.8
    Intelligence
  3. 3M
    mistral-medium-3.1
    ToolsJSONVision21.3 intel · $0.400/M · 36 t/s
    21.3
    Intelligence
  4. 4M
    mistral-medium-3
    ToolsJSONVision18.8 intel · $0.400/M · 46 t/s
    18.8
    Intelligence
  5. 5M
    mistral-small-2603
    ReasoningToolsJSON+118.6 intel · $0.150/M · 262K ctx
    18.6
    Intelligence
  6. 6M
    ministral-14b-2512
    ToolsJSONVision16.0 intel · $0.200/M · 55 t/s
    16.0
    Intelligence
  7. 7M
    ministral-8b-2512
    ToolsJSONVision14.8 intel · $0.150/M · 262K ctx
    14.8
    Intelligence
  8. 8M
    ministral-3b-2512
    ToolsJSONVision11.2 intel · $0.100/M · 57 t/s
    11.2
    Intelligence
  9. 9M
    mistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct
    ToolsJSONVision$0.075/M · 91 t/s · 304ms ttft
    Intelligence
  10. 10M
    mistral-small-3.1-24b-instruct
    Vision$0.351/M · 30 t/s · 566ms ttft
    Intelligence

Frequently asked

What is the best Mistral model for vision?

Mistral Medium 3.5 is the best vision-capable Mistral model, pairing 39.2 intelligence with image and document understanding. Mistral Large 3 2512 (22.8) and Mistral Medium 3.1 (21.3) round out the top three.

What's a good alternative to Mistral Medium 3.5?

Mistral Large 3 2512 (22.8) is the closest alternative on this metric, followed by Mistral Medium 3.1 (21.3). See the full ranking above for the tradeoffs.

How many Mistral models are there?

modelgrep tracks 19 Mistral models with live benchmarks, speed, latency and per-provider pricing, led on intelligence by Mistral Medium 3.5. 10 of them qualify for this ranking.

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