MistralMistral Medium 3 pricing
$0.40 per 1M input tokens and $2.00 per 1M output tokens. In real work that is 0.28¢ per chat answer and 0.97¢ to summarize a 20-page PDF.
What Mistral Medium 3 costs per task
Token counts estimated from a measured model of the same lab (Mistral Large 4), rescaled by tokenizer. Reasoning tokens are billed as output.
| Task | Cost | Tokens used | Price rank | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answer a chat question | 0.28¢$2.77 / 1,000 | 40 in · 523 out · 854 reasoning | 183 of 336 | estimated |
| Reply to a customer email | 0.72¢$7.19 / 1,000 | 254 in · 599 out · 2,946 reasoning | 290 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a 1,500-word blog post | 1.6¢$15.56 / 1,000 | 55 in · 2,064 out · 5,705 reasoning | 216 of 336 | estimated |
| Write 10 product descriptions | 0.63¢$6.27 / 1,000 | 285 in · 849 out · 2,230 reasoning | 172 of 336 | estimated |
| Translate 1,000 words | 2.5¢$24.81 / 1,000 | 1,349 in · 1,317 out · 10,816 reasoning | 260 of 336 | estimated |
| Proofread one page (500 words) | 0.86¢$8.57 / 1,000 | 731 in · 860 out · 3,281 reasoning | 255 of 336 | estimated |
| Summarize a 20-page PDF | 0.97¢$9.69 / 1,000 | 13,373 in · 151 out · 2,019 reasoning | 179 of 336 | estimated |
| Extract data from an invoice | 0.55¢$5.46 / 1,000 | 374 in · 871 out · 1,784 reasoning | 239 of 336 | estimated |
| Analyze a 200-row spreadsheet | 2.3¢$23.31 / 1,000 | 4,774 in · 4,526 out · 6,174 reasoning | 177 of 336 | estimated |
| Answer from 5 retrieved documents (RAG) | 0.79¢$7.89 / 1,000 | 3,772 in · 210 out · 2,981 reasoning | 215 of 336 | estimated |
| Classify 100 support tickets | 1.5¢$15.30 / 1,000 | 1,274 in · 832 out · 6,565 reasoning | 234 of 336 | estimated |
| Review 500 lines of code | 2.0¢$20.10 / 1,000 | 4,658 in · 1,594 out · 7,522 reasoning | 207 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a SQL query | 0.64¢$6.36 / 1,000 | 121 in · 511 out · 2,647 reasoning | 244 of 336 | estimated |
| Run a 50-step coding agent | 42¢$418 / 1,000 | 2,304,625 in · 15,450 out · 132,350 reasoning | 153 of 336 | modeled |
Price at every provider
List prices per 1M tokens (input / output) at each host serving Mistral Medium 3 through OpenRouter today. Hosts can differ in quantization, context and speed.
| Provider | Input / output | Cached input | Context | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mistralunknown | $0.40 / $2.00 | $0.04 | 131K | 100% |
Mistralunknown | $0.40 / $2.00 | $0.04 | 131K | |
Mistralunknown | $0.44 / $2.20 | $0.044 | 131K | 100% |
Price history
First seen in our price history on May 13, 2025 at $0.40 input / $2.00 output. The list price has not changed since.
FAQ
How much does Mistral Medium 3 cost?
Mistral Medium 3 costs $0.40 per 1 million input tokens and $2.00 per 1 million output tokens, with cached input at $0.04 (list price on Oct 18, 2026). In practice one chat answer costs about 0.28¢ and summarizing a 20-page PDF about 0.97¢.
Where is Mistral Medium 3 cheapest?
Among 3 providers we track, the lowest list price today is at Mistral: $0.40 input and $2.00 output per 1M tokens.
Is the Mistral Medium 3 cost per task measured or estimated?
Estimated: Mistral Medium 3 was not run directly. Tokens come from Mistral Large 4 and are rescaled by the tokenizer of Mistral. Real usage can differ.