What is Mistral: Mistral Small 3's context window?

Mistral: Mistral Small 3 accepts up to 32,768 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 16,384 output tokens.

Is there a cheaper OpenRouter model than Mistral: Mistral Small 3?

Yes. Mistral: Mistral Nemo is $0.019 per 1M input tokens versus $0.050 for Mistral: Mistral Small 3, with a 131,072 token context window.

Where does this Mistral: Mistral Small 3 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.

Mistral: Mistral Small 3 pricing

Mistral Small 3 is a 24B-parameter language model optimized for low-latency performance across common AI tasks. Mistral: Mistral Small 3 from OpenRouter costs $0.050 per 1M input tokens and $0.080 per 1M output tokens. Context window 32,768 tokens.

API id mistralai/mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501 · OpenRouter · source · updated 2026-09-25 · general-purpose

$0.050

Input / 1M tokens

$0.080

Output / 1M tokens

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Cached input / 1M

33K

Context window

Mistral: Mistral Small 3 specifications

Provider: OpenRouter
API id: mistralai/mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501
Model type: general-purpose
Context window: 33K tokens
Max output: 16K tokens
Currency: USD
Price source: Provider API
Last checked: 2026-09-25

Mistral: Mistral Small 3 across providers

The same model, priced by every seller we track. Ranked by the cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens, standard tier; savings measured against buying from the vendor directly.

Provider	Input /1M	Cached /1M	Output /1M	1M in + 1M out	vs vendor
DeepInfraHostCheapest	$0.050	—	$0.080	$0.13	—
OpenRouterHostviewing	$0.050	—	$0.080	$0.13	—

What Mistral: Mistral Small 3 costs in practice

Estimated cost at common usage volumes
Workload	Input tokens	Output tokens	Estimated cost
Short chat turn	1,000	500	$0.0001
Document summary	50,000	2,000	$0.0027
1M tokens in, 200K out	1,000,000	200,000	$0.07

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: Mistral Small 3 cost per 1M tokens?: Mistral: Mistral Small 3 costs $0.050 per 1M input tokens and $0.080 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier.
What is Mistral: Mistral Small 3's context window?: Mistral: Mistral Small 3 accepts up to 32,768 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 16,384 output tokens.
Is there a cheaper OpenRouter model than Mistral: Mistral Small 3?: Yes. Mistral: Mistral Nemo is $0.019 per 1M input tokens versus $0.050 for Mistral: Mistral Small 3, with a 131,072 token context window.
Where does this Mistral: Mistral Small 3 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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