Command R vs Mistral Medium 3.1
How do these models stack up? Below is an expert side-by-side comparison of specifications, context window capacity, live pricing per million tokens, and standardized benchmark scores for Command R and Mistral Medium 3.1.
Command R
Command R is Cohere's lightweight, cost-efficient model engineered for high-speed enterprise integrations, productivity automation, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines. Optimized for low-latency API tool use and structured JSON output, it is particularly effective in enterprise search and question-answering systems where fast, reliable responses are critical. With a 128,000-token context window and a price of $0.15/MTok for input, Command R provides strong RAG performance and multilingual support at a fraction of the cost of Command R+, making it the preferred choice for teams scaling intelligent document retrieval at high request volumes.
Mistral Medium 3.1
Mistral Medium 3.1 is an updated version of Mistral Medium 3, which is a high-performance enterprise-grade language model designed to deliver frontier-level capabilities at significantly reduced operational cost. It balances...
Technical Specifications
| Specification | Command R | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Mistral |
| Context Window | 128,000 tokens | 131,072 tokens |
| Agent Suitability | 78/100 | N/A |
| Time to First Token (TTFT) | 200 ms | N/A |
| Deployment Model | managed api | self hostable |
| Production Stability | stable | stable |
| API Available | Yes | Yes |
| Released Date | 2024-03-11 | 2025-08-13 |
API Pricing Comparison
Input Price per Million Tokens
Command R
$0.15
Mistral Medium 3.1
$0.40
Output Price per Million Tokens
Command R
$0.60
Mistral Medium 3.1
$2.00
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Benchmark Performance Metrics
Scores show the raw performance percentages verified across key evaluation suites. Higher bars indicate superior accuracy and capability in that domain.
Command R Quirks & Gotchas
- ▸Cost-effective RAG model — strong multilingual search performance
- ▸Limited agentic capability — use Command R+ for complex multi-step tool use
Mistral Medium 3.1 Quirks & Gotchas
No developer gotchas reported.