Head-to-Head API Cost Benchmark

Mistral Small 3 vs Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (Together AI): API Price & Latency Comparison

On a standard B2B production workload (5,000 req/day), Mistral Small 3 is 83.1% cheaper ($46.12/mo vs $273.00/mo), while Mistral Small 3 leads in token generation speed (150 tok/s).

Side-by-Side Specification & Billing Matrix

Metric Mistral Small 3 (Mistral AI (La Plateforme)) Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (Together AI) (Together AI) Advantage
Standard Input / 1M Tokens $0.100 $0.800 Mistral Small 3
Cached Input / 1M Tokens $0.050 $0.400 Mistral Small 3
Output Generation / 1M Tokens $0.30 $0.80 Mistral Small 3
Intelligence / Benchmark Quality 1215 LMSYS Elo 1230 LMSYS Elo Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (Together AI)
Monthly Spend (5k req/day, 50% cache) $46.12 / mo $273.00 / mo Mistral Small 3 (-83.1%)
Context Window 32,000 tokens 32,768 tokens Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (Together AI)
Output Speed (Throughput) 150 tokens/sec 115 tokens/sec Mistral Small 3
Batch API Discount -50% (Mistral AI (La Plateforme)) -50% (Together AI) Mistral AI (La Plateforme)
Primary Workload Fit GDPR-strict European customer support automation & structured extraction Automated unit test generation, SQL query authoring, IDE completion tools Workload Dependent
Deploy / Console Access Try Mistral Small 3 → Try Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (Together AI) → Open Full Simulator