Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)

GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast) vs Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 benchmark

Name: GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast) vs Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Comparing verified benchmark accuracy, speed, and token pricing between GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast) and Mistral: Mistral Medium 3. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Share Analysis:

OpenAI

GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)

Fast distilled tier of GPT Image 2 designed for high-throughput interactive creative workflows at 70% lower price.

Fast / Low CostImg Elo 1,315$65/1k imgs

Mistral

Mistral: Mistral Medium 3

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (mistralai/mistral-medium-3). Preview until a second source matches.

GPT Image 2 Series Lineage & Sibling Variants

2 models

Currently comparing GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast) vs Mistral: Mistral Medium 3. Alternative family tiers available.

Active: GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)

GPT Image 2 (High)$211/1k

Top Rival Showdowns for GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)

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Compare vs:vs Reve 2.1 vs Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)vs FLUX.2 [max]vs Ideogram 4.0 (Quality)vs Recraft V4.1 Utility Pro

Image Quality Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Generation Speed Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar Leader

No shared data

Unpriced

Head-to-Head Comparison

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast) (5)vsMistral: Mistral Medium 3 (0)

GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast): 5W (100%)Overall: GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)Mistral: Mistral Medium 3: 0W (0%)

← GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 →

🏆GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)(3/3)

Visual Quality & Adherence

Arena Preference Elo, prompt fidelity & typography score

Benchmark

GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)vsMistral: Mistral Medium 3

Image Elo

1,315vs—

Prompt adherence

89.2%vs—

Text rendering

88%vs—

GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast): 3WMistral: Mistral Medium 3: 0W

🏆GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)(1/1)

Generation Latency

Time to render full-resolution image snapshot (seconds)

Benchmark

GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)vsMistral: Mistral Medium 3

Generation time

1.9svs—

GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast): 1WMistral: Mistral Medium 3: 0W

🏆GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)(1/1)

Cost Efficiency

API inference cost per 1,000 generated images

Benchmark

GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)vsMistral: Mistral Medium 3

Price per 1k images

$65/1kvs—

GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast): 1WMistral: Mistral Medium 3: 0W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Image Elo

GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)1,315

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Mistral: Mistral Medium 3—

Generation time

GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)1.9s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Mistral: Mistral Medium 3—

Price per 1k images

GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)$65/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Mistral: Mistral Medium 3—

Prompt adherence

GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)89.2%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Mistral: Mistral Medium 3—

Text rendering

GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)88%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Mistral: Mistral Medium 3—

Benchmark	GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)	Mistral: Mistral Medium 3	Advantage Delta
Image Elo	1,315 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Generation time	1.9s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Price per 1k images	$65/1k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Prompt adherence	89.2% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Text rendering	88% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—

Interactive Simulator (USD)

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 100% with Mistral: Mistral Medium 3

Monthly Image Production Volume25k images / month (25000 imgs)

Quick Presets:

GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)$1,625.00 / mo

Rate: $65/1k

Mistral: Mistral Medium 3$0.00 / mo

Rate: $0/1k

Estimated Cost Delta

Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 is estimated to save $1,625.00/month ($19,500/year).

Based on 25k images generated

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatinsufficient data

Need list prices.

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGinsufficient data

Need context sizes.

Screenshots / visionGPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)

GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast) is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	insufficient data	Need list prices.
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	insufficient data	Need context sizes.
Screenshots / vision	GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)	GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast) is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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LIVE BENCHMARK

OpenAI

GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)

Elo n/a

SWE-bench—

Speed (tok/s)—

Input / 1M Tokens$65/1k

Output / 1M Tokens$65/1k

Mistral

Mistral: Mistral Medium 3

Elo n/a

SWE-bench—

Speed (tok/s)131k

Input / 1M Tokens$0.4/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$2/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast) or Mistral: Mistral Medium 3?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast) or Mistral: Mistral Medium 3?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: List prices are missing for at least one model.
Which is faster, GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast) or Mistral: Mistral Medium 3?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Context window is missing for at least one model.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast) and Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

Similar Head-to-Head Comparisons

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GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast) vs GPT Image 2 (High) (previous gpt-image)

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

Image Elo

GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)1,315

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Mistral: Mistral Medium 3—

Generation time

GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)1.9s

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Mistral: Mistral Medium 3—

Price per 1k images

GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)$65/1k

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Mistral: Mistral Medium 3—

Prompt adherence

GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)89.2%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Mistral: Mistral Medium 3—

Text rendering

GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)88%

seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026

Mistral: Mistral Medium 3—

Benchmark	GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)	Mistral: Mistral Medium 3	Advantage Delta
Image Elo	1,315 seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Generation time	1.9s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Price per 1k images	$65/1k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Prompt adherence	89.2% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—
Text rendering	88% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—	—

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatinsufficient data

Need list prices.

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGinsufficient data

Need context sizes.

Screenshots / visionGPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)

GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast) is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	insufficient data	Need list prices.
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	insufficient data	Need context sizes.
Screenshots / vision	GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast)	GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast) is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast) or Mistral: Mistral Medium 3?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast) or Mistral: Mistral Medium 3?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

List prices are missing for at least one model.

Which is faster, GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast) or Mistral: Mistral Medium 3?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Context window is missing for at least one model.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. GPT Image 2 (Low / Fast) and Mistral: Mistral Medium 3 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.