Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 and Nous: Hermes 4 405B are evenly matched; the right pick depends on your priorities.
| Metric | Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 | Nous: Hermes 4 405B |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence Index | 18.8✓ | 18.6 |
| Coding Index | 13.6 | 16.0✓ |
| GPQA Diamond | 58% | 73%✓ |
| Design Arena Elo | 1163✓ | — |
| Speed (tokens/sec) | 30 | 35✓ |
| Latency | 469ms | 345ms✓ |
| Input price /M | $0.400✓ | $1.00 |
| Output price /M | $2.00✓ | $3.00 |
| Context window | 131K | 131K |
| Capabilities | ToolsJSONVision | ReasoningJSON |