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Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Mistral Small 4
Side-by-side API economics and benchmarks. Per-1M input and output rates, context window, and verified metrics.
Tale of the tape
Head-to-head specs pulled from each model profile.
| Metric | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Mistral Small 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Input cost / 1M | $1.50 | $0.15 |
| Output cost / 1M | $7.50 | $0.60 |
| Context window | 256,000 tokens | — |
| MMLU score | — | — |
Cost verdict
Enter monthly input and output volumes to see total cost savings.
Mistral Medium 3.5
- Input: 1M × $1.50 = $1.50
- Output: 1M × $7.50 = $7.50
- Total
- $9.00
Mistral Small 4
- Input: 1M × $0.15 = $0.15
- Output: 1M × $0.60 = $0.60
- Total
- $0.75
Total cost savings
$8.25
Mistral Small 4 saves $8.25 per month vs the other model at this volume.
Model routing savings
Uses this page's verified rates. Mistral Medium 3.5 is the premium route (higher combined per-1M cost); Mistral Small 4 handles routine traffic.
All premium
Mistral Medium 3.5
$450.00
100% of input and output on the premium route
Routed stack
80% → Mistral Small 4
20% → Mistral Medium 3.5
$120.00
- Routine slice
- $30.00
- Premium slice
- $90.00
Monthly savings
$330.00
73.3% lower
Rates pulled from this page's model database entries (mistral-medium-3-5, mistral-small-4) — same per-1M input/output figures as Tale of the tape. Production routing needs quality gates and monitoring.
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