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Mistral Medium 3 vs Codestral

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Mistral · 128k context  |  Mistral · 256k context

Pricing Comparison

MetricMistral Medium 3Codestral
Input / 1M tokens$0.4$0.3
Output / 1M tokens$2$0.9
Cached input / 1M——
Context window128k256k
ProviderMistralMistral

Cost Calculator

💰 Codestral saves $195.00/month (46% cheaper)
MMistral Medium 3
Per request$0.001400
Daily$14.00
Monthly$420.00
Yearly$5,110.00
MCodestralCHEAPER
Per request$0.000750
Daily$7.50
Monthly$225.00
Yearly$2,737.50
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Choose Mistral Medium 3 when…

  • ✓ Optimized for: Budget frontier tasks
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Choose Codestral when…

  • ✓ Cheaper for RAG & document retrieval (lower input cost)
  • ✓ 25% cheaper per input token
  • ✓ Cheaper for generation-heavy workloads (lower output cost)
  • ✓ Larger context window (256k vs 128k) — better for long documents
  • ✓ Optimized for: Code generation

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