Comparison · prices as of 2026-07-04
Gemini 2.5 Flash vs Mistral Medium 3.5
On price alone, Gemini 2.5 Flash (Google) runs about 73% cheaper than Mistral Medium 3.5 for a typical chat workload (2K input + 500 output tokens, 1,000 requests/day). Whether that's the right trade depends on the capability gap — pricing below, verify quality on your own evals.
| Spec | Gemini 2.5 Flash | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Input / MTok | $0.30 | $1.50 |
| Output / MTok | $2.50 | $7.50 |
| Context window | 1M | 128K |
| Max output | 66K | 32K |
| Class | workhorse | workhorse |
| Reference workload / month | $55.50 | $202.50 |
Sources: Google pricing · Mistral pricing. Run your own numbers in the cost calculator.