Migrating from magistral-medium-2509 to mistral-medium-3-5
What changes when you move from magistral-medium-2509 to mistral-medium-3-5: input price −25%, output price +50%, context window 128,000 → 256,000 tokens.
- Status
- Retired
- Shutdown
- Jul 31, 2026
- Time left
- —
- Status
- Active
- Shutdown
- none announced
- Time left
- —
Prices
USD per 1M tokens, standard tier| Type | magistral-medium-2509 | mistral-medium-3-5 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input | $2.00first seen October 5, 2026 · source | $1.50first seen October 5, 2026 · source | −25% |
| Output | $5.00first seen October 5, 2026 · source | $7.50first seen October 5, 2026 · source | +50% |
At 1M input and 250K output tokens a month: $3.25 on magistral-medium-2509, $3.375 on mistral-medium-3-5 (+3.8%).
Other tiers, prompt-size bands and modalities are on each model's page.
Limits
Tokens| Limit | magistral-medium-2509 | mistral-medium-3-5 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 128,000 tokensin place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source | 256,000 tokensin place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source | +100% |
| Max output tokens | Not published | Not published | — |
Features and parameters
Compare modelsSame on both
- Function calling: supported on both.magistral-medium-2509: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source · mistral-medium-3-5: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source
- Batch API: supported on both.magistral-medium-2509: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source · mistral-medium-3-5: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source
- Image input: supported on both.magistral-medium-2509: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source · mistral-medium-3-5: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source
- PDF input: supported on both.magistral-medium-2509: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source · mistral-medium-3-5: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source
- Reasoning / thinking: supported on both.magistral-medium-2509: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source · mistral-medium-3-5: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source
Not published for magistral-medium-2509: Structured outputs, Prompt caching, Fine-tuning, Built-in web search, temperature parameter, top_p parameter, logprobs, Max output tokens.
Not published for mistral-medium-3-5: Prompt caching, Fine-tuning, Built-in web search, temperature parameter, top_p parameter, logprobs, Max output tokens.
Aliases
All aliasesAliases pointing at magistral-medium-2509: magistral-medium-latest (in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source)
Aliases pointing at mistral-medium-3-5: mistral-medium-latest (in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source)
Checklist
- Change the model string from
magistral-medium-2509tomistral-medium-3-5. - Re-check costs: mistral-medium-3-5 costs more than magistral-medium-2509 (output +50%).
Compared from AIWire's published data when this page loaded. Each fact links to the page it came from. Model pages: magistral-medium-2509, mistral-medium-3-5.