Hy3 vs Mistral Medium 3.5
API pricing, context window and capabilities for Hy3 and Mistral Medium 3.5, side by side. Prices are the cheapest listed serving route per 1M tokens, from LiteLLM and OpenRouter.
Verdict
computed from the published numbersHy3 wins on price, on Terminal-Bench and on intelligence.
Price
Hy3
Terminal-Bench
Hy3
Intelligence
Hy3
Context window
Tied
Key takeaways
who wins on what, from the published numbersHy3 wins
- Cheaper input ($0.132 vs $1.50 /1M)
- Cheaper output ($0.528 vs $7.50 /1M)
- More serving providers (5 vs 4)
- Supports prompt caching
- Has web search
Mistral Medium 3.5 wins
- Supports vision
Cheaper overall
Hy3
$0.132 + $0.528 /1M
Larger context
Tied
More providers
Hy3
5 providers
Pricing & specs
cheapest listed route · per 1M tokensOn-demand listed rates, OpenRouter routed quotes and Vercel reseller quotes. Enterprise commitments can be materially lower. An OpenRouter routed quote is the price of whichever upstream provider OpenRouter prefers today, so it moves day to day.
| Hy3 | Mistral Medium 3.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input $/1M | $0.132OpenRouter routed quote best | $1.50via Mistral |
| Output $/1M | $0.528OpenRouter routed quote best | $7.50via Mistral |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Max output | 262K | 262K |
| Serving providers | 5 best | 4 |
| Date | Released Jul 6, 2026 | Released Apr 30, 2026 |
Benchmarks
Benchmark scores, side by side| Hy3 | Mistral Medium 3.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence | 25.3 best | 14.2 |
| Terminal-Bench | 64% best | 51% |
| GPQA Diamond | 90% best | 75% |
| Output speed | 86 t/s | 167 t/s best |
| Latency (TTFT) | 2.81s | 2.21s best |
Cost calculator
choose a serving route for each sideInput tokens / month
Output tokens / month
Hy3
via OpenRouter
$1.19
Mistral Medium 3.5
via OpenRouter
$15
Capabilities
feature support, side by side| Feature | Hy3 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Vision | — | ✓ |
| Tool use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | — | — |
| Prompt caching | ✓ | — |
| Structured output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Web search | ✓ | — |
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Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Hy3 or Mistral Medium 3.5?
Hy3 is cheaper for input ($0.132 vs $1.50 per 1M tokens) as an OpenRouter routed quote. Hy3 is cheaper for output ($0.528 vs $7.50 per 1M tokens) as an OpenRouter routed quote.
What is the context window difference between Hy3 and Mistral Medium 3.5?
Both Hy3 and Mistral Medium 3.5 have about a 262K-token context window.
How do Hy3 and Mistral Medium 3.5 compare on benchmarks?
On the tracked benchmarks, Hy3 leads on Terminal-Bench, and Hy3 leads on intelligence.
Listed prices from LiteLLM, OpenRouter and Vercel · last checked Oct 14, 2026
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