Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B vs gpt-oss-120b

Benchmark Performance

Available Benchmarks

BenchmarkMistral-Medium-3.5-128Bgpt-oss-120b
LMArena Text Arenatext-2026-09-01-011508720696 · arena_rating · leader1,421.16100% of row best · rating · mistral-medium-3.5; 95% CI [1414.62812191, 1427.69573067]; votes 11017; rank 981,365.9196% of row best · rating · gpt-oss-120b; 95% CI [1361.54274876, 1370.28718499]; votes 29935; rank 172
Overall ResultCounted from the protocol-matched rows above1 benchmark winOverall lead0 benchmark wins

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FieldAt a Glance
Mistral AI · activeMistral-Medium-3.5-128BVerified Aug 28, 2026
Openai · activegpt-oss-120bVerified Aug 28, 2026

Technical Differences

Side-by-Side Facts

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FieldMistral-Medium-3.5-128Bgpt-oss-120b
DeveloperMistral AIOpenai
FamilyMistral Medium 3 5 128bGpt Oss 120b
ModelMistral-Medium-3.5-128Bgpt-oss-120b
VersionMistral-Medium-3.5-128Bgpt-oss-120b
Lifecycleactiveactive
ReleasedUnknownUnknown
Knowledge cutoffUnknownUnknown
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
Output modalitiesTextText
Context window262,144131,072
Total parameters127,704,210,176116,829,156,672
Active parametersUnknown5,100,000,000
Licenseotherapache-2.0
Open weightsYesYes
API availableUnknownYes
Self-hostableYesYes
Provider accessUnknownCerebras (Standard), Deepinfra (Standard), Fireworks Ai (Standard), Groq (Standard), Hugging Face (Standard), Openrouter (Standard), Together Ai (Standard)
Capabilitieschat, generation, reasoning, toolschat, generation, reasoning, tools

13 comparable fields · 8 material differences · Pair passes the primary-source comparison gate

Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B Capabilities

chatgenerationreasoningtools
Input price
Output price
Serving providers0
Canonical IDmistralai/Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B

gpt-oss-120b Capabilities

chatgenerationreasoningtools
Input price$0.037
Output price$0.17
Serving providers7
Canonical IDopenai/gpt-oss-120b

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Primary Evidence

Sources and Freshness

Questions

Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B vs gpt-oss-120b FAQs

Is Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B or gpt-oss-120b better for coding?+

This comparison does not currently contain a protocol-matched coding benchmark for both Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B and gpt-oss-120b, so Model Markets cannot name a coding leader from pricing, context size, or capability labels alone.

Which is cheaper, Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B or gpt-oss-120b?+

Only gpt-oss-120b has a directly sourced input price: $0.037 per million tokens. Only gpt-oss-120b has a directly sourced output price: $0.17 per million tokens.

Which has a larger context window, Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B or gpt-oss-120b?+

Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B has the larger sourced context window. Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B supports 262,144 and gpt-oss-120b supports 131,072.

Which performs better in benchmarks, Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B or gpt-oss-120b?+

There is no overall benchmark winner: At least two independently verified, protocol-matched benchmarks are required for an overall winner.

Can Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B or gpt-oss-120b be self-hosted?+

Both models have the same recorded self-hosting status: supported. Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B is open weight; gpt-oss-120b is open weight.

Can Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B and gpt-oss-120b understand images?+

Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B is documented with image input; gpt-oss-120b is not documented with image input. This reflects supported input modalities, not vision quality.

Which can generate longer answers, Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B or gpt-oss-120b?+

Neither has a larger sourced maximum output. Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B is — and gpt-oss-120b is —.

Do Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B and gpt-oss-120b support reasoning and tool use?+

Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B: reasoning, tool calling, and image input. gpt-oss-120b: reasoning and tool calling. Feature support does not establish relative quality.

Which is available from more inference providers, Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B or gpt-oss-120b?+

Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B has 0 sourced provider routes; gpt-oss-120b has 7, so gpt-oss-120b has broader tracked availability.

Which offers better value, Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B or gpt-oss-120b?+

There is no universal value winner. Compare the input and output prices above with the matched benchmark result for your workload: cheaper tokens can be offset by different quality, token usage, latency, or provider availability.

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