Head-to-Head API Cost Benchmark

Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Mistral Small 3: API Price & Latency Comparison

On a standard B2B production workload (5,000 req/day), Mistral Small 3 is 94.8% cheaper ($46.12/mo vs $892.50/mo), while Mistral Small 3 leads in token generation speed (150 tok/s).

Side-by-Side Specification & Billing Matrix

Metric Gemini 2.5 Pro (Google Gemini API) Mistral Small 3 (Mistral AI (La Plateforme)) Advantage
Standard Input / 1M Tokens $1.250 $0.100 Mistral Small 3
Cached Input / 1M Tokens $0.310 $0.050 Mistral Small 3
Output Generation / 1M Tokens $10.00 $0.30 Mistral Small 3
Intelligence / Benchmark Quality 1322 LMSYS Elo 1215 LMSYS Elo Gemini 2.5 Pro
Monthly Spend (5k req/day, 50% cache) $892.50 / mo $46.12 / mo Mistral Small 3 (-94.8%)
Context Window 2,000,000 tokens 32,000 tokens Gemini 2.5 Pro
Output Speed (Throughput) 85 tokens/sec 150 tokens/sec Mistral Small 3
Batch API Discount -50% (Google Gemini API) -50% (Mistral AI (La Plateforme)) Google Gemini API
Primary Workload Fit Massive repository analysis (2M context), video/audio understanding, deep reasoning GDPR-strict European customer support automation & structured extraction Workload Dependent
Deploy / Console Access Try Gemini 2.5 Pro → Try Mistral Small 3 → Open Full Simulator