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Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 vs OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b

Try both on us. Starter credit covers your first requests, then one key routes Mistral Medium 3.5 and gpt-oss-120b. Switch by changing the model name.

Compare routesProviders, price, context, and policy posture in one view.

Use auto when uptime mattersKeep a primary model and let fallback handle provider failures.

Same API shapeUse the OpenAI client and set the model you want.

Practical read

Monthly evidence

Mistral Medium 3.5 has the larger context window and the lower measured p50 time to first token. gpt-oss-120b has the lower published input-plus-output rate and more Credits provider routes.

$9.495/1MMistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 cheapest route

$0.211/1MOpenAI: gpt-oss-120b cheapest route

791 msMistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 fastest measured p50 TTFT via mistral

1033 msOpenAI: gpt-oss-120b fastest measured p50 TTFT via cerebras

The price comparison adds each route's rate for one million input tokens and one million output tokens; your cost depends on your input/output mix. Prices and live route measurements can change. Use the monthly reports when you need a stable evidence window, then run a small task-specific eval before choosing a production default.

Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b

Model idmistralai/mistral-medium-3-5openai/gpt-oss-120b

Publisher Mistral OpenAI

AI IQ — IQ 98#132

Context262,144 tokens131,072 tokens

Credits provider routes124

Cheapest route$9.495/1M$0.211/1M

Cached input$0.15825/1M$0.015825/1M to $0.1055/1M

Privacy postureprovider posture varieshas Confidential route (E2EE + ZDR)

Fastest measured p50 TTFT791 ms via mistral1033 ms via cerebras

Highest measured throughputnot enough data101 tok/s via nscale

Recent route uptime range100.00%88.00% to 100.00%

Modes chat chat

Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 routes

Overview1 Credits routes

OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b routes

Overview24 Credits routes
PricingInput, cached input, and output rates
ProvidersAll serving providers

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Production choice

Pick a default model. Keep fallback enabled.

TrustedRouter is useful when you know the model you want, but still need provider rollover, budget limits, usage records, and a prompt path you can verify.

OpenAI clientPython

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.trustedrouter.com/v1",
    api_key="sk-tr-v1-..."
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="mistralai/mistral-medium-3-5",
    messages=messages,
)

Questions

Which should I use, Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 or OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b?

Mistral Medium 3.5 has the larger context window and the lower measured p50 time to first token. gpt-oss-120b has the lower published input-plus-output rate and more Credits provider routes.

Is Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 or OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b cheaper?

The current cheapest TrustedRouter route is $9.495/1M for Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 and $0.211/1M for OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b. The comparison uses current catalog prices and updates as provider pricing changes.

Is Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 or OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b faster?

Current measured p50 time to first token is 791 ms for Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 and 1033 ms for OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b. These are routed probe measurements, not vendor-advertised speeds, and update as new samples arrive.

Can I test Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 and OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b with the same API?

Yes. Use the same OpenAI-compatible TrustedRouter base URL and API key, then change only the model id between mistralai/mistral-medium-3-5 and openai/gpt-oss-120b. This makes side-by-side evals possible without maintaining two provider integrations.