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Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Saba

Mistral Medium 3.5 (Mistral AI) and Saba (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 17 August 2026

As of 17 August 2026, Mistral Medium 3.5 holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#40 vs #222); Saba is 12.5× cheaper per output token ($0.60/1M vs $7.50/1M); and Mistral Medium 3.5 offers the longer context window (262K vs 33K tokens).

Which should you choose?

Choose Mistral Medium 3.5 if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #40 against #222 (54.0 vs 0.0 points).
  • you need the longer context window — 262K tokens against 33K.
  • Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index is your yardstick — 30.4 against 6.2.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Mistral Medium 3.5 was listed 30 April 2026, Saba 17 February 2025.

Choose Saba if…

  • API cost matters — $0.60/1M output tokens against $7.50/1M, about 12.5× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.20/1M against $1.50/1M.

Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Saba: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Mistral Medium 3.5 and Saba
FieldMistral Medium 3.5Mistral AISabaMistral AI
ModelCap Index position#40#222
Index score54.00.0
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$1.50$0.20
Output price / 1M tokens$7.50$0.60
Context window262K tokens33K tokens
Max output tokens——
API providers listed11
Weight accessAPI onlyAPI only
Input modalitiesText, Image, FileText, File
First listed30 April 202617 February 2025
PublisherMistral AIMistral AI

Evidence: 4 public benchmark observations across 4 boards · 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Saba

Public benchmark boards where Mistral Medium 3.5 or Saba has a published result
BoardMistral Medium 3.5SabaLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)14791468–1490—Only one result
LMArena AgentLMArena-7.0%-9.0%–-5.0%—Only one result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis30.4intelligence-index6.2intelligence-indexMistral Medium 3.5

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

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Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Saba: common questions

Is Mistral Medium 3.5 better than Saba?

Mistral Medium 3.5 ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 17 August 2026: #40 against #222. 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 Mistral Medium 3.5 cheaper than Saba?

Saba is cheaper on output tokens: $0.60/1M against $7.50/1M. Input tokens are $1.50/1M for Mistral Medium 3.5 and $0.20/1M for Saba. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Mistral Medium 3.5 or Saba?

Mistral Medium 3.5 has the larger context window: 262K tokens against 33K.

Which is better for coding, Mistral Medium 3.5 or Saba?

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 Mistral Medium 3.5 and Saba open-weight models?

Mistral Medium 3.5: API only. Saba: 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 Mistral Medium 3.5 and Saba?

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

How current is this Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Saba comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 17 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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