Mistral and more
Mistral AI
from $0.0218 / 1M
18 models · typical $0.175 · top 49.0% GPQA
Developer head to head · prices updated Oct 31, 2026
Mistral AI vs OpenAI
Mistral vs GPT: every model's API price, compared
Mistral AI starts cheaper ($0.0218 vs $0.055 per 1M tokens); Mistral AI's typical model costs less ($0.175 vs $3.44); OpenAI has the more accurate top model (95.8% vs 49.0% GPQA).
GPT and more
OpenAI
from $0.055 / 1M
39 models · typical $3.44 · top 95.8% GPQA, max reasoning
- Cheaper entry modelMistral AI
- More accurate top modelOpenAI
- More modelsOpenAI
The matchups that matter
| Mistral AI | OpenAI | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest model | mistral-nemo-instruct-2407 $0.0218 via DeepInfra | gpt-oss-20b $0.055 via W&B Inference (CoreWeave) · 60.8% GPQA, medium reasoning |
| Most accurate (GPQA) | mistral-large-2407 $3.00 via Amazon Bedrock · 49.0% GPQA | GPT-6 Astra $20.00 via OpenAI · 95.8% GPQA, max reasoning |
| Cheapest with 85%+ GPQA | no GPQA score yet | GPT-6 Luna $0.20 via OpenAI · 90.5% GPQA, max reasoning |
| Typical model price | $0.175 | $3.44 |
| Models we track | 18 | 39 |
Blended list price per 1M tokens (3 input : 1 output) at each model's cheapest provider; only models at least two providers sell. GPQA Diamond by Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0), best measured reasoning setting.
Every model, cheapest first
Mistral AI
- mistral-nemo-instruct-2407$0.0218 via DeepInfra
- Ministral 3B$0.04 via Microsoft Azure AI Foundry
- Mistral Small 3$0.0575 via DeepInfra
- mistral-7b-instruct-v0.2$0.10 via Replicate
- mistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct-2506$0.1063 via DeepInfra
- mistral-7b-instruct-v0.315.2% GPQA$0.1117 via OVHcloud AI Endpoints
- mistral-7b-instruct$0.1225 via Perplexity
- mixtral-8x7b-instruct$0.1225 via Perplexity
- Mistral Small 3.147.5% GPQA$0.15 via Google Cloud Vertex AI
- ministral-3-14b-instruct-2512$0.20 via Fireworks AI
- Codestral 25.01$0.30 via Google Cloud Vertex AI
- mixtral-8x7b-instruct-v0.130.6% GPQA$0.40 via DeepInfra
OpenAI
- gpt-oss-20b60.8% GPQA, medium reasoning$0.055 via W&B Inference (CoreWeave)
- gpt-oss-120b75.8% GPQA, high reasoning$0.065 via W&B Inference (CoreWeave)
- GPT OSS Safeguard 20B$0.1025 via Amazon Bedrock
- GPT-5 Nano$0.1375 via OpenAI
- gpt-4.1-nano$0.175 via Replicate
- GPT-6 Luna90.5% GPQA, max reasoning$0.20 via OpenAI
- GPT OSS Safeguard 120B$0.2625 via Amazon Bedrock
- GPT-4o mini$0.2625 via OpenAI
- gpt-4o-mini-audio-preview$0.2625 via OpenAI
- GPT-5.6 Luna91.6% GPQA, max reasoning$0.45 via OpenAI
- GPT-5.4 nano$0.4625 via OpenAI
- GPT-5 Mini$0.6875 via OpenAI
Questions people ask
Is Mistral AI cheaper than OpenAI?
Yes at the cheap end: Mistral AI's cheapest model, mistral-nemo-instruct-2407, starts at $0.0218 per 1M tokens, against $0.055 for OpenAI's gpt-oss-20b. The typical (median) model costs $0.175 at Mistral AI and $3.44 at OpenAI.
Which has the more accurate model, Mistral AI or OpenAI?
Mistral AI's most accurate model we track, mistral-large-2407, scores 49.0% GPQA (GPQA Diamond, Epoch AI) for $3.00 per 1M tokens; OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra scores 95.8% GPQA, max reasoning for $20.00.
How many Mistral AI and OpenAI models can I buy through APIs?
We track 18 Mistral AI and 39 OpenAI models that at least two providers sell, with prices from each provider's pricing page.