Head-to-Head API Cost Benchmark

DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner) vs Mistral Small 3: API Price & Latency Comparison

On a standard B2B production workload (5,000 req/day), Mistral Small 3 is 82.3% cheaper ($46.12/mo vs $260.77/mo), while Mistral Small 3 leads in token generation speed (150 tok/s).

Side-by-Side Specification & Billing Matrix

Metric DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner) (DeepSeek API) Mistral Small 3 (Mistral AI (La Plateforme)) Advantage
Standard Input / 1M Tokens $0.550 $0.100 Mistral Small 3
Cached Input / 1M Tokens $0.140 $0.050 Mistral Small 3
Output Generation / 1M Tokens $2.19 $0.30 Mistral Small 3
Intelligence / Benchmark Quality 1315 LMSYS Elo 1215 LMSYS Elo DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner)
Monthly Spend (5k req/day, 50% cache) $260.77 / mo $46.12 / mo Mistral Small 3 (-82.3%)
Context Window 64,000 tokens 32,000 tokens DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner)
Output Speed (Throughput) 50 tokens/sec 150 tokens/sec Mistral Small 3
Batch API Discount -50% (DeepSeek API) -50% (Mistral AI (La Plateforme)) DeepSeek API
Primary Workload Fit Budget-friendly chain-of-thought logic, financial verification, logic synthesis GDPR-strict European customer support automation & structured extraction Workload Dependent
Deploy / Console Access Try DeepSeek-R1 (Reasoner) → Try Mistral Small 3 → Open Full Simulator