Command A+ vs Mistral Small 3.1
Wins 4 of 6 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 1 of 6 areas
Agents
Command A+ is the stronger all-rounder.Mistral Small 3.1 is cheaper and better at agents.
Scores updated · 17 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the six areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking20Command A+2 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- CodingWriting and fixing software21Command A+2 of 3 tests
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Command A+1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10Command A+1 of 1 test
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own01Mistral Small 3.11 of 2 tests · 1 tie
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up11Even1 each
Long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
Mistral Small 3.1 costs 84% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.
Where Command A+ pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+63.4points ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+44points ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+30.7points ahead
Where Mistral Small 3.1 pulls ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+6.2points ahead
- Command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench 2.1+3.4points ahead
- Customer-service tasks in a simulated bankτ-Bench V3 · Banking+1.4points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 17 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingCommand A+
- Terminal-Bench HardCommand A+ by 17.4257.6+17.4
- SciCodeCommand A+ by 10.738.527.8+10.7
- Terminal-Bench 2.1Mistral Small 3.1 by 3.422.826.2+3.4
AgentsMistral Small 3.1
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingMistral Small 3.1 by 1.467.4+1.4
- Terminal-Bench 4.0tie0.50tie
ReasoningCommand A+
- GPQA DiamondCommand A+ by 30.776.145.4+30.7
- Humanity's Last ExamCommand A+ by 7.7124.3+7.7
- CritPttie0.30tie
FactsEven
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationCommand A+ by 63.485.822.4+63.4
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyMistral Small 3.1 by 6.28.915.1+6.2
Following instructionsCommand A+
- IFBenchCommand A+ by 4473.929.9+44
Other results5 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Command A+ by 55.680.725.1+55.6
- AA-OmniscienceCommand A+ by 46.7-4-50.8+46.7
- AA IntelligenceCommand A+ by 613.17.1+6
- AA Agentic IndexCommand A+ by 1.53.62.1+1.5
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexCommand A+ by 1.527.826.3+1.5
Questions people ask
Which is better, Command A+ or Mistral Small 3.1?
Command A+ wins four of the six areas where both have results: coding, reasoning, long documents and following instructions. Mistral Small 3.1 wins agents, and costs 84% less. They are level on facts.
Which is better for coding?
Command A+. It wins 2 of the 3 coding tests both models report; Mistral Small 3.1 wins 1.
Which is cheaper?
Command A+ costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; Mistral Small 3.1 costs $0.11 and $0.17. That makes Mistral Small 3.1 about 84% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 17 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 12 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 5 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.