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LFM2.5-VL-3B vs Mistral Medium 3.5

Mistral Medium 3.5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Liquid AI · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

LFM2.5-VL-3B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Mistral Medium 3.5 is better at 1 benchmark (IFBench). Mistral Medium 3.5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose LFM2.5-VL-3B

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026

Choose Mistral Medium 3.5

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 1 of 1 shared benchmarks

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

LFM2.5-VL-3B
Liquid AI
Mistral Medium 3.5
Mistral AI
Benchmark wins
0 of 1
1 of 1
Input price
— / M
$1.50 / M
Output price
— / M
$7.50 / M
Context window
—
256,000
Released
Aug 2026
Apr 2026
License
LFM Open License v1.0
Modified MIT License

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

LFM2.5-VL-3B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Mistral Medium 3.5 is better at 1 benchmark (IFBench).

Mistral Medium 3.5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Wed Aug 26 2026 • llm-stats.com

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

124.9B diff

Mistral Medium 3.5 has 124.9B more parameters than LFM2.5-VL-3B, making it 3998.0% larger.

Liquid AI
LFM2.5-VL-3B
3.1Bparameters
Mistral AI
Mistral Medium 3.5
128.0Bparameters
3.1B
LFM2.5-VL-3B
128.0B
Mistral Medium 3.5

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Mistral Medium 3.5 specifies input context (256,000 tokens). Only Mistral Medium 3.5 specifies output context (256,000 tokens).

Liquid AI
LFM2.5-VL-3B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral Medium 3.5
Input256,000 tokens
Output256,000 tokens
Wed Aug 26 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both LFM2.5-VL-3B and Mistral Medium 3.5 support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

LFM2.5-VL-3B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Mistral Medium 3.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

LFM2.5-VL-3B is licensed under LFM Open License v1.0, while Mistral Medium 3.5 uses Modified MIT License.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

LFM2.5-VL-3B

LFM Open License v1.0

Open weights

Mistral Medium 3.5

Modified MIT License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

LFM2.5-VL-3B was released on 2026-08-12, while Mistral Medium 3.5 was released on 2026-04-29.

LFM2.5-VL-3B is 4 months newer than Mistral Medium 3.5.

LFM2.5-VL-3B

Aug 12, 2026

1 weeks ago

3mo newer
Mistral Medium 3.5

Apr 29, 2026

3 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against LFM2.5-VL-3B and Mistral Medium 3.5 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

LFM2.5-VL-3B
✓ Preferred
Mistral Medium 3.5
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FAQ

Common questions about LFM2.5-VL-3B vs Mistral Medium 3.5.

Which is better, LFM2.5-VL-3B or Mistral Medium 3.5?

Mistral Medium 3.5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. LFM2.5-VL-3B is made by Liquid AI and Mistral Medium 3.5 is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

How does LFM2.5-VL-3B compare to Mistral Medium 3.5 in benchmarks?

LFM2.5-VL-3B scores DocVQA: 91.1%, POPE: 88.7%, RefCOCO-avg: 87.9%, TextVQA: 84.3%, OCRBench: 84.2%. Mistral Medium 3.5 scores COLLIE: 95.8%, Tau3 Telecom: 91.4%, AIME 2025: 86.3%, SWE-Bench Verified: 77.6%, Tau3 Retail: 76.1%.

What are the context window sizes for LFM2.5-VL-3B and Mistral Medium 3.5?

LFM2.5-VL-3B supports an unknown number of tokens and Mistral Medium 3.5 supports 256K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between LFM2.5-VL-3B and Mistral Medium 3.5?

Key differences include licensing (LFM Open License v1.0 vs Modified MIT License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes LFM2.5-VL-3B and Mistral Medium 3.5?

LFM2.5-VL-3B is developed by Liquid AI and Mistral Medium 3.5 is developed by Mistral AI.

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