Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

Compare Mistral Medium 3.1 from Mistral AI and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking from Qwen on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the OpenRouter API.

Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking: side-by-side summary

Mistral Medium 3.1 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

Mistral Medium 3.1, from Mistral AI, has a 131,072-token context window and is priced at $0.40/M tokens input, $2/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking, from Qwen, has a 131,072-token context window and is priced by the provider serving it on OpenRouter.

Context window

Mistral Medium 3.1: 131,072 tokens
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking: 131,072 tokens

Price

Mistral Medium 3.1: $0.40/M tokens input, $2/M tokens output
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking: Pricing varies by provider

Provided by

Mistral Medium 3.1: Mistral AI
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking: Qwen

Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking at a glance

Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking comparison
Attribute	Mistral Medium 3.1	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking
Input price	$0.40/M tokens	Pricing varies by provider
Output price	$2/M tokens	Pricing varies by provider
Context window	131,072 tokens	131,072 tokens
Intelligence Index	9.2	13.4
Coding Index	20.5	Not available
Agentic Index	1.9	Not available
Latency (p50)	0.47 s	Not available
Throughput (p50)	98.0 tok/s	Not available

Benchmark data updated Oct 5, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Which has the longer context window, Mistral Medium 3.1 or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking?

Mistral Medium 3.1 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking have the same context window of 131,072 tokens.

Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

Overview