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Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max Prime

Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 is 1.9× cheaper for the sample workload; Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max Prime has the larger context window.

MetricMistral: Mistral Medium 3.5Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max Prime
Model IDmistralai/mistral-medium-3-5qwen/qwen3.8-max-prime
Prompt price$1.50 / 1M tokens$4.00 / 1M tokens
Completion price$7.50 / 1M tokens$12.00 / 1M tokens
Context262,144 tokens1,000,000 tokens
Tool calling✓✓
Structured outputs✓✓
Reasoning✓✓
Response format✓✓
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Input modalitiestext, image, filetext, image, video
Output modalitiestexttext
Added2026-04-302026-09-23

Sample workload

Chat app: 1,000 prompt + 500 completion tokens × 100 requests per day.

CostMistral: Mistral Medium 3.5Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max Prime
Per day$0.53$1.00
Per 30 days$15.75$30.00

Difference: $0.47 per day and $14.25 per 30 days.

Data updated 2026-10-30