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dots3 note prev vs Mistral Medium 3.5

dots3 note prev (Dots Studio) and Mistral Medium 3.5 (Mistral AI) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 18 August 2026

As of 18 August 2026, dots3 note prev holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#36 vs #38); and dots3 note prev ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose dots3 note prev if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #36 against #38 (55.5 vs 53.9 points).
  • you want to self-host: dots3 note prev ships open weights while Mistral Medium 3.5 is api only.
  • you want the more recently listed model — dots3 note prev was listed 9 August 2026, Mistral Medium 3.5 30 April 2026.

Choose Mistral Medium 3.5 if…

  • you want provider choice — 1 listed API providers against 0.

dots3 note prev vs Mistral Medium 3.5: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of dots3 note prev and Mistral Medium 3.5
Fielddots3 note prevDots StudioMistral Medium 3.5Mistral AI
ModelCap Index position#36#38
Index score55.553.9
EvidenceEstimatedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$1.50
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$7.50
Context window— tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens——
API providers listed01
Weight accessOpen weightsAPI only
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image, File
First listed9 August 202630 April 2026
PublisherDots StudioMistral AI

Evidence: placed against measured peers on publisher-reported benchmarks, discounted for self-report optimism · 4 public benchmark observations across 4 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: dots3 note prev vs Mistral Medium 3.5

Public benchmark boards where dots3 note prev or Mistral Medium 3.5 has a published result
Boarddots3 note prevMistral Medium 3.5Leads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—14791468–1490Only one result
LMArena AgentLMArena—-7.0%-9.0%–-5.0%Only one result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis—30.4intelligence-indexOnly one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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dots3 note prev vs Mistral Medium 3.5: common questions

Is dots3 note prev better than Mistral Medium 3.5?

dots3 note prev ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 18 August 2026: #36 against #38. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is dots3 note prev cheaper than Mistral Medium 3.5?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, dots3 note prev or Mistral Medium 3.5?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, dots3 note prev or Mistral Medium 3.5?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are dots3 note prev and Mistral Medium 3.5 open-weight models?

dots3 note prev: Open weights. Mistral Medium 3.5: API only. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run dots3 note prev and Mistral Medium 3.5?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for dots3 note prev and 1 for Mistral Medium 3.5, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this dots3 note prev vs Mistral Medium 3.5 comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 18 August 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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