Head-to-Head API Cost Benchmark

DeepSeek-V3 (Chat) vs Mistral Small 3: API Price & Latency Comparison

On a standard B2B production workload (5,000 req/day), Mistral Small 3 is 64.5% cheaper ($46.12/mo vs $129.75/mo), while Mistral Small 3 leads in token generation speed (150 tok/s).

Side-by-Side Specification & Billing Matrix

Metric DeepSeek-V3 (Chat) (DeepSeek API) Mistral Small 3 (Mistral AI (La Plateforme)) Advantage
Standard Input / 1M Tokens $0.270 $0.100 Mistral Small 3
Cached Input / 1M Tokens $0.070 $0.050 Mistral Small 3
Output Generation / 1M Tokens $1.10 $0.30 Mistral Small 3
Intelligence / Benchmark Quality 1282 LMSYS Elo 1215 LMSYS Elo DeepSeek-V3 (Chat)
Monthly Spend (5k req/day, 50% cache) $129.75 / mo $46.12 / mo Mistral Small 3 (-64.5%)
Context Window 64,000 tokens 32,000 tokens DeepSeek-V3 (Chat)
Output Speed (Throughput) 60 tokens/sec 150 tokens/sec Mistral Small 3
Batch API Discount -50% (DeepSeek API) -50% (Mistral AI (La Plateforme)) DeepSeek API
Primary Workload Fit High-intelligence general tasks & translation where prompt caching saves 75%+ GDPR-strict European customer support automation & structured extraction Workload Dependent
Deploy / Console Access Try DeepSeek-V3 (Chat) → Try Mistral Small 3 → Open Full Simulator