Head-to-Head API Cost Benchmark

DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI) vs Mistral Small 3: API Price & Latency Comparison

On a standard B2B production workload (5,000 req/day), Mistral Small 3 is 96.5% cheaper ($46.12/mo vs $1323.75/mo), while DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI) leads in token generation speed (150 tok/s).

Side-by-Side Specification & Billing Matrix

Metric DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI) (Fireworks AI) Mistral Small 3 (Mistral AI (La Plateforme)) Advantage
Standard Input / 1M Tokens $3.000 $0.100 Mistral Small 3
Cached Input / 1M Tokens $1.500 $0.050 Mistral Small 3
Output Generation / 1M Tokens $8.00 $0.30 Mistral Small 3
Intelligence / Benchmark Quality 1315 LMSYS Elo 1215 LMSYS Elo DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI)
Monthly Spend (5k req/day, 50% cache) $1323.75 / mo $46.12 / mo Mistral Small 3 (-96.5%)
Context Window 160,000 tokens 32,000 tokens DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI)
Output Speed (Throughput) 150 tokens/sec 150 tokens/sec DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI)
Batch API Discount -50% (Fireworks AI) -50% (Mistral AI (La Plateforme)) Fireworks AI
Primary Workload Fit US/EU compliance enterprises needing DeepSeek R1 reasoning at 3x speed GDPR-strict European customer support automation & structured extraction Workload Dependent
Deploy / Console Access Try DeepSeek R1 Fast (Fireworks AI) → Try Mistral Small 3 → Open Full Simulator