MistralOpen weightsJuly 10, 2025

Devstral Medium

Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis

Source:Artificial Analysis scrapeType:Open weights
Intelligence
12

score

Devstral Medium scores 12 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it …

vs class avg: 11

Speed
67.6

output tokens/sec

Devstral Medium generates output at 67.6 tokens per second (based on Mistral's API), which is below …

Latency
1.11s

TTFT

Devstral Medium has a time to first token (TTFT) of 1.11s (based on Mistral's API), which is better …

Input Price#63/83
$0.40

/ 1M tokens

Devstral Medium costs $0.40 per 1M input tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $0. …

Output Price#69/83
$2.00

/ 1M tokens

Devstral Medium costs $0.40 per 1M input tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $0. …

Decision Overview

Ethen's intelligence-driven routing assessment for this model

Overall verdict

Capable everyday model

Good for routine tasks; route complex reasoning and premium workloads to stronger models.

Best for

  • Routine Q&A
  • Content summarization
  • Classification
  • Light coding
  • Interactive turn-taking

Weak or unsuitable

  • Complex reasoning
  • Agentic workflows
  • Research-grade analysis
  • Predictable high-volume throughput

Routing recommendation

1

Cheaper routes for predictable extraction, labeling, or summarization

2

Cache-backed reuse for repeated prompts

Cost pressure

Moderate pricing — $0.40 / M input, $2.00 / M output. Costs are manageable, but volume should still be reviewed.

Model-fit matrix

Use this model where capability pays for itself; route away where volume, latency, or budget dominate.

Use caseFitReasonRouting note
Complex reasoning & agentic workflowsModerateIntelligence score 12 handles routine reasoning but may struggle with open-ended agentic tasks.Route simpler sub-tasks here; keep hard reasoning on a stronger model.
High-volume chat & customer-facingStrongOutput speed 67.6 tokens/sec is adequate for chat.Suitable for chat; monitor latency under concurrent load.
Latency-sensitive applicationsStrongTTFT 1.11s — adequate latency for most interactive use cases.Suitable for real-time; test with your specific workload.
Cost-sensitive pipelinesModerateOutput pricing at $2.00 is premium. Route high-volume simple tasks to cheaper alternatives.Use only for high-value tasks; route simple queries to budget models.

Cost pressure

Medium

Pricing is moderate — input $0.40, output $2.00. Costs accumulate at volume but are manageable for valuable tasks.

Cheaper substitutes

  • Cheaper routes for predictable extraction, labeling, or summarization

Route away when

  • Predictable high-volume throughput
  • Non-critical classification and extraction

Highlights

Key benchmark results at a glance.

Intelligence

Intelligence position

Open section

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Devstral Medium scores 12 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it above average among other non-reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 11).

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)gpt-oss-120b (high): 2424AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Devstral Medium: 1212?Devstral Medium

Speed

Speed position

Open section

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Devstral Medium generates output at 67.6 tokens per second (based on Mistral's API), which is below average compared to other non-reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 96.0 t/s).

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 316316AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 248248NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 216216?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-4.1 nano: 188188AIGPT-4.1 nanoLing 2.6 Flash: 181181?Ling 2.6 FlashMistral Small 3.1: 171171MiMistral Small 3.1Grok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)Mistral Small 3.2: 147147MiMistral Small 3.2Llama 4 Maverick: 118118MLlama 4 MaverickLlama 4 Scout: 109109MLlama 4 ScoutMiniMax-M3: 9595?MiniMax-M3

Context, Cost & Pricing

Price/value position

Open section

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Pricing is moderate — input $0.40, output $2.00. Costs accumulate at volume but are manageable for valuable tasks.

$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): $0.04$0.04DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)gpt-oss-120b (high): $0.06$0.06AIgpt-oss-120b (high)MiniMax-M3: $0.12$0.12?MiniMax-M3Grok 4.3 (high): $0.14$0.14xGrok 4.3 (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.24$0.24NNemotron 3 UltraKimi K2.6: $0.35$0.35KKimi K2.6GLM-5.2 (max): $0.37$0.37?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: $0.59$0.59GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (xhigh): $0.86$0.86AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): $2.75$2.75AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…

Intelligence & Quality

Benchmark scores and quality indices measuring model capability.

AA-Omniscience Index

AA-Omniscience Index (higher is better) measures knowledge reliability and hallucination. It rewards correct answers, penalizes hallucinations, and has no penalty for refusing to answer. Scores range from -100 to 100, where 0 means as many correct as incorrect answers, and negative scores mean more incorrect than correct. · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

-40-200204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 4040AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…Gemini 3.5 Flash: 2323GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (xhigh): 2020AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Grok 4.3 (high): 1818xGrok 4.3 (high)Kimi K2.6: 6.46.4KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4.14.1?Muse SparkGLM-5.2 (max): 44?GLM-5.2 (max)MiniMax-M3: 1.41.4?MiniMax-M3Nemotron 3 Ultra: -0.8-0.8NNemotron 3 UltraDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): -10-10DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Devstral Medium: -31.6-31.6?Devstral Medium

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)Devstral Medium: 1212?Devstral Medium

Speed & Throughput

Output tokens per second and generation throughput.

Output Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 316316AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 248248NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 216216?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-4.1 nano: 188188AIGPT-4.1 nanoLing 2.6 Flash: 181181?Ling 2.6 FlashMistral Small 3.1: 171171MiMistral Small 3.1Grok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)Mistral Small 3.2: 147147MiMistral Small 3.2Llama 4 Maverick: 118118MLlama 4 Maverick

Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 316316AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 248248NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 216216?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 9595?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Kimi K2.6: 7676KKimi K2.6DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 7272DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 7171AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…Devstral Medium: 6868?Devstral Medium

Latency & Response Time

Time to first token and end-to-end response latency.

End-to-End Response Time

Seconds to output 500 tokens, including reasoning model 'thinking' time · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0s2.5s5s7.5s10sMistral Large 3: 9.4s9.4sMiMistral Large 3Devstral Medium: 7.4s7.4s?Devstral MediumMinistral 3 14B: 6.4s6.4s?Ministral 3 14BLlama 3.3 70B: 5.8s5.8sMLlama 3.3 70BGPT-4.1 mini: 5.8s5.8sAIGPT-4.1 miniQwen3 Coder Next: 5.6s5.6sQQwen3 Coder NextMistral Medium 3.1: 5.6s5.6sMiMistral Medium 3.1Ministral 3 8B: 5.4s5.4s?Ministral 3 8BMiniMax-M3: 5.2s5.2s?MiniMax-M3Llama 4 Scout: 4.6s4.6sMLlama 4 Scout

Latency: Time To First Answer Token

Seconds to first answer token received · Accounts for reasoning model 'thinking' time · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0s15s30s45s60sMiniMax-M3: 21s21s?MiniMax-M3GLM-5.2 (max): 9.3s9.3s?GLM-5.2 (max)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 9.2s9.2sNNemotron 3 Ultragpt-oss-120b (high): 6.3s6.3sAIgpt-oss-120b (high)GPT-4.1 nano: 0s0sAIGPT-4.1 nanoMistral Small 3.2: 0s0sMiMistral Small 3.2Mistral Small 3.1: 0s0sMiMistral Small 3.1Ministral 3 8B: 0s0s?Ministral 3 8BLlama 4 Scout: 0s0sMLlama 4 ScoutMinistral 3 14B: 0s0s?Ministral 3 14BDevstral Medium: 0s0s?Devstral Medium

Context, Cost & Pricing

Context window size, cost per task, and token pricing.

Context Window

Context window: tokens limit · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

02.5M5M7.5M10MLlama 4 Scout: 10M10MMLlama 4 ScoutGemini 3.5 Flash: 1M1MGGemini 3.5 FlashClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 1M1MAClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GLM-5.2 (max): 1M1M?GLM-5.2 (max)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 1M1MDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Grok 4.3 (high): 1M1MxGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 1M1M?MiniMax-M3GPT-4.1 mini: 1M1MAIGPT-4.1 miniLlama 4 Maverick: 1M1MMLlama 4 MaverickGPT-4.1 nano: 1M1MAIGPT-4.1 nanoDevstral Medium: 256k256k?Devstral Medium

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

00.51GLM-5.2 (max): 00?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: 00KKimi K2.6Nemotron 3 Ultra: 00NNemotron 3 UltraQwen3 Coder Next: 00QQwen3 Coder NextMiniMax-M3: 00?MiniMax-M3Mistral Medium 3.1: 00MiMistral Medium 3.1Grok 4.3 (high): 00xGrok 4.3 (high)MiMo-V2-Flash: 00?MiMo-V2-FlashDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 00DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)GPT-4.1 mini: 00AIGPT-4.1 mini

Cost per Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): $2.75$2.75AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): $0.86$0.86AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: $0.59$0.59GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.2 (max): $0.37$0.37?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: $0.35$0.35KKimi K2.6Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.24$0.24NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): $0.14$0.14xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: $0.12$0.12?MiniMax-M3gpt-oss-120b (high): $0.06$0.06AIgpt-oss-120b (high)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): $0.04$0.04DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Cost (USD) to run all evaluations in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

010203040Qwen3 Coder Next: 3939QQwen3 Coder NextNemotron 3 Ultra: 3434NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 3333?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: 2525KKimi K2.6Mistral Medium 3.1: 1717MiMistral Medium 3.1MiniMax-M3: 1515?MiniMax-M3Grok 4.3 (high): 1313xGrok 4.3 (high)MiMo-V2-Flash: 1111?MiMo-V2-FlashMistral Large 3: 8.48.4MiMistral Large 3GPT-4.1 mini: 8.38.3AIGPT-4.1 mini

Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output

Price (USD per M Tokens) · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0250k500k750k1MNemotron 3 Ultra: 3.63.6NNemotron 3 UltraDevstral Medium: 2.42.4?Devstral MediumMistral Medium 3.1: 2.42.4MiMistral Medium 3.1GPT-4.1 mini: 2.12.1AIGPT-4.1 miniMistral Large 3: 22MiMistral Large 3Qwen3 Coder Next: 1.91.9QQwen3 Coder NextLlama 3.3 70B: 1.91.9MLlama 3.3 70BMiniMax-M3: 1.61.6?MiniMax-M3Llama 4 Maverick: 1.51.5MLlama 4 MaverickDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 1.31.3DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)cache Hitinputoutput

Time per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average decode time (minutes) per task; excludes TTFT and overhead time · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

01234MiniMax-M3: 44?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 33AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 2.82.8?GLM-5.2 (max)Qwen3 Coder Next: 2.62.6QQwen3 Coder NextMinistral 3 8B: 2.52.5?Ministral 3 8BMinistral 3 14B: 2.22.2?Ministral 3 14BGemini 3.5 Flash: 2.22.2GGemini 3.5 Flashgpt-oss-120b (high): 1.91.9AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Grok 4.3 (high): 1.61.6xGrok 4.3 (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 1.41.4NNemotron 3 Ultra

Specifications

Technical Specifications

Devstral Medium scores 12 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it above average among other non-reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 11). Devstral Medium generates output at 67.6 tokens per second (based on Mistral's API), which is below average compared to other non-reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 96.0 t/s). Devstral Medium costs $0.40 per 1M input tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $0.20) and $2.00 per 1M output tokens (at the higher end, median: $0.70), based on Mistral's API.

Devstral Medium

Model type
Open weights
Reasoning
No
Input modalities
Devstral Medium supports text input.
Output modalities
Devstral Medium supports text output.
Context window
260k tokens
Open weights / source
No, Devstral Medium is proprietary. The model weights are not publicly available.
Parameters
Devstral Medium is a proprietary model and Mistral has not disclosed the model size or parameter count.
API availability
Yes, Devstral Medium is available via API through 1 provider.

Methodology & Provenance

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