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Best Mistral Vision Models

Match · Updated July 2026

Mistral Medium 3.5 is the best vision-capable Mistral model, pairing 29.9 intelligence with image and document understanding. Mistral Medium 3.1 (14.7) and Mistral Medium 3 (12.5) round out the top three.

29.9Intelligence
$1.50Input /M
262KContext

Multimodal large language models that accept image input, ranked by intelligence. The best vision language models (VLMs) for understanding images, documents and charts.

  1. 1mistralai logo
    mistral-medium-3-5
    ReasoningToolsJSON+129.9 intel · $1.50/M · 262K ctx
    29.9
    Intelligence
  2. 2mistralai logo
    mistral-medium-3.1
    ToolsJSONVision14.7 intel · $0.400/M · 131K ctx
    14.7
    Intelligence
  3. 3mistralai logo
    mistral-medium-3
    ToolsJSONVision12.5 intel · $0.400/M · 131K ctx
    12.5
    Intelligence
  4. 4mistralai logo
    mistral-small-2603
    ReasoningToolsJSON+1$0.150/M · 262K ctx
    Intelligence
  5. 5mistralai logo
    ministral-14b-2512
    ToolsJSONVision$0.200/M · 262K ctx
    Intelligence
  6. 6mistralai logo
    ministral-8b-2512
    ToolsJSONVision$0.150/M · 262K ctx
    Intelligence
  7. 7mistralai logo
    ministral-3b-2512
    ToolsJSONVision$0.100/M · 131K ctx
    Intelligence
  8. 8mistralai logo
    mistral-large-2512
    ToolsJSONVision$0.500/M · 262K ctx
    Intelligence
  9. 9mistralai logo
    mistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct
    ToolsJSONVision$0.100/M · 256K ctx
    Intelligence
  10. 10mistralai logo
    mistral-small-3.1-24b-instruct
    Vision$0.351/M · 128K ctx
    Intelligence

Frequently asked

What is the best Mistral model for vision?

Mistral Medium 3.5 is the best vision-capable Mistral model, pairing 29.9 intelligence with image and document understanding. Mistral Medium 3.1 (14.7) and Mistral Medium 3 (12.5) round out the top three.

What's a good alternative to Mistral Medium 3.5?

Mistral Medium 3.1 (14.7) is the closest alternative on this metric, followed by Mistral Medium 3 (12.5). 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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