Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 vs Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 benchmark

Name: MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 vs Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 AI benchmark comparison
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This page compares MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 (Moonshot) and Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 (Mistral) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 17, 2026. Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 wins on output price at $2/1M. MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 has the larger context window (131k tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.

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MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711

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K2 BaseElo 1,465$2.3/1M out

Mistral

Mistral: Mistral Medium 3

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (mistralai/mistral-medium-3). Preview until a second source matches.

$2/1M out

Model Lineage & Multi-Tier Derivatives🇨🇳 CN Frontier

Kimi Series Family (4 models)

Compare vs Base (Kimi K3)

Kimi K3

Moonshot

Flagship Base

CoT Scaler

Elo

1528

Speed

68 tok/s

Price

$15.00 / 1M

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MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5

Moonshot

K2.5 Max

CoT Scaler

Elo

1515

Speed

72 tok/s

Price

$2.85 / 1M

-13 Elo-81% cost1.1x speed

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MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711

Moonshot

K2 Base

Elo

1465

Speed

85 tok/s

Price

$2.30 / 1M

-63 Elo-85% cost1.3x speed

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Kimi Chat 1.5

Moonshot

2M Context

Elo

1420

Speed

95 tok/s

Price

$0.80 / 1M

-108 Elo-95% cost1.4x speed

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 (7)vsMistral: Mistral Medium 3 (2)

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711: 7W (78%)Overall: MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711Mistral: Mistral Medium 3: 2W (22%)

← MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 07111 tiesMistral: Mistral Medium 3 →

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,465vs—

Coding Elo

1,470vs—

SWE-bench

65.8%vs—

LiveBench

62.8%vs—

GPQA Diamond

76.5%vs—

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711: 5WMistral: Mistral Medium 3: 0W

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

85 tok/svs—

Time to first token

240 msvs—

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711: 2WMistral: Mistral Medium 3: 0W

Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 (2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$2.3/1Mvs$2/1M

Input price

$0.57/1Mvs$0.4/1M

Context window

131kvs131k

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711: 0WMistral: Mistral Medium 3: 2W

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Percentile 0–100

Dimensional AdvantageMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 4/6

Preference Elo

No shared data

Throughput Speed

No shared data

Token Price Efficiency

Mistral: Mistral Medium 3

$0.30/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

1,465

EloHigh is better

—

Code Elo

High is better

1,470

Code EloHigh is better

—

LiveBench

High is better

62.8%

LiveBenchHigh is better

—

SWE-bench

High is better

65.8%

SWE-benchHigh is better

—

GPQA

High is better

76.5%

GPQAHigh is better

—

TTFT

Low is better

240 ms

TTFTLow is better

—

Speed

High is better

85 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

—

In $

Low is better

$0.57 / 1M

In $Low is better

$0.40 / 1M+43%

Out $

Low is better

$2.30 / 1M

Out $Low is better

$2.00 / 1M+15%

Context

High is better

131k

ContextHigh is better

131k

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Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 19% with Mistral: Mistral Medium 3

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

Quick Presets:

Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711$54.45 / mo

In: $19.95Out: $34.5

Mistral: Mistral Medium 3$44.00 / mo

In: $14Out: $30

Estimated Cost Delta

Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 is estimated to save $10.45/month ($125/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

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Mistral: Mistral Medium 3:Pick Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatMistral: Mistral Medium 3

Lower output list price ($2/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711

Larger window (131k).

Screenshots / visionMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Mistral: Mistral Medium 3	Lower output list price ($2/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711	Larger window (131k).
Screenshots / vision	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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Moonshot

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711

Elo 1,465

LiveBench62.8%

SWE-bench65.8%

Speed85 tok/s

Output cost$2.3/1M

Mistral

Mistral: Mistral Medium 3

Elo n/a

LiveBench—

SWE-bench—

Speed—

Output cost$2/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 or Mistral: Mistral Medium 3?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 or Mistral: Mistral Medium 3?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 output tokens are $2/1M versus $2.3/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 or Mistral: Mistral Medium 3?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 accepts 131k tokens versus 131k.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 and Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 vs Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 benchmark

Interactive Comparison Diagram

Matchup Breakdown

Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 (7)vsMistral: Mistral Medium 3 (2)

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711: 7W (78%)Overall: MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711Mistral: Mistral Medium 3: 2W (22%)

← MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 07111 tiesMistral: Mistral Medium 3 →

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,465vs—

Coding Elo

1,470vs—

SWE-bench

65.8%vs—

LiveBench

62.8%vs—

GPQA Diamond

76.5%vs—

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711: 5WMistral: Mistral Medium 3: 0W

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

85 tok/svs—

Time to first token

240 msvs—

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711: 2WMistral: Mistral Medium 3: 0W

Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 (2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$2.3/1Mvs$2/1M

Input price

$0.57/1Mvs$0.4/1M

Context window

131kvs131k

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711: 0WMistral: Mistral Medium 3: 2W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatMistral: Mistral Medium 3

Lower output list price ($2/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711

Larger window (131k).

Screenshots / visionMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Mistral: Mistral Medium 3	Lower output list price ($2/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711	Larger window (131k).
Screenshots / vision	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 or Mistral: Mistral Medium 3?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 or Mistral: Mistral Medium 3?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 output tokens are $2/1M versus $2.3/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 or Mistral: Mistral Medium 3?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 accepts 131k tokens versus 131k.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 and Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.