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Mistral: Codestral 2508 pricing

Mistral's cutting-edge language model for coding released end of July 2025. Codestral specializes in low-latency, high-frequency tasks such as fill-in-the-middle (FIM), code correction and test generation. Blog Post Mistral: Codestral 2508 from OpenRouter costs $0.300 per 1M input tokens and $0.900 per 1M output tokens. Cached input is $0.030 per 1M. Context window 256,000 tokens.

API id mistralai/codestral-2508 · OpenRouter · source · updated 2026-09-25 · general-purpose

$0.300
Input / 1M tokens
$0.900
Output / 1M tokens
$0.030
Cached input / 1M
256K
Context window

Mistral: Codestral 2508 specifications

Provider
OpenRouter
API id
mistralai/codestral-2508
Model type
general-purpose
Context window
256K tokens
Max output
205K tokens
Currency
USD
Price source
Provider API
Last checked
2026-09-25

What Mistral: Codestral 2508 costs in practice

Estimated cost at common usage volumes
WorkloadInput tokensOutput tokensEstimated cost
Short chat turn1,000500$0.0008
Document summary50,0002,000$0.02
1M tokens in, 200K out1,000,000200,000$0.48

Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.

Common questions

How much does Mistral: Codestral 2508 cost per 1M tokens?
Mistral: Codestral 2508 costs $0.300 per 1M input tokens and $0.900 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier. Cached input is $0.030 per 1M.
What is Mistral: Codestral 2508's context window?
Mistral: Codestral 2508 accepts up to 256,000 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 204,800 output tokens.
Is there a cheaper OpenRouter model than Mistral: Codestral 2508?
Yes. MythoMax 13B is $0.080 per 1M input tokens versus $0.300 for Mistral: Codestral 2508, with a 8,192 token context window.
Where does this Mistral: Codestral 2508 price come from?
From the OpenRouter catalogue, because OpenRouter does not publish machine-readable pricing. OpenRouter is a reseller, so its rate can differ from OpenRouter's own — verify before committing spend.

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