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o3 vs Codestral

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OpenAI · 200k context  |  Mistral · 256k context

Pricing Comparison

Metrico3Codestral
Input / 1M tokens$0.4$0.3
Output / 1M tokens$1.6$0.9
Cached input / 1M
Context window200k256k
ProviderOpenAIMistral

Cost Calculator

💰 Codestral saves $135.00/month (38% cheaper)
Oo3
Per request$0.001200
Daily$12.00
Monthly$360.00
Yearly$4,380.00
MCodestralCHEAPER
Per request$0.000750
Daily$7.50
Monthly$225.00
Yearly$2,737.50
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Choose o3 when…

  • Optimized for: Complex reasoning
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Choose Codestral when…

  • Cheaper for RAG & document retrieval (lower input cost)
  • 25% cheaper per input token
  • Cheaper for generation-heavy workloads (lower output cost)
  • Larger context window (256k vs 200k) — better for long documents
  • Optimized for: Code generation

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