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GPT-5 Mini vs Mistral Medium 3

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OpenAI · 512k context  |  Mistral · 128k context

Pricing Comparison

MetricGPT-5 MiniMistral Medium 3
Input / 1M tokens$0.6$0.4
Output / 1M tokens$2.4$2
Cached input / 1M$0.3—
Context window512k128k
ProviderOpenAIMistral

Cost Calculator

💰 Mistral Medium 3 saves $120.00/month (22% cheaper)
OGPT-5 Mini
Per request$0.001800
Daily$18.00
Monthly$540.00
Yearly$6,570.00
MMistral Medium 3CHEAPER
Per request$0.001400
Daily$14.00
Monthly$420.00
Yearly$5,110.00
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Choose GPT-5 Mini when…

  • ✓ Larger context window (512k vs 128k) — better for long documents
  • ✓ Supports prompt caching — save up to 90% on repeated prompts
  • ✓ Optimized for: Cost-efficient frontier tasks
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Choose Mistral Medium 3 when…

  • ✓ Cheaper for RAG & document retrieval (lower input cost)
  • ✓ 33% cheaper per input token
  • ✓ Cheaper for generation-heavy workloads (lower output cost)
  • ✓ Optimized for: Budget frontier tasks

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