GPT-4.1 Mini vs Mistral Medium 3
API pricing, benchmark indices and specs — updated 19 October 2026.
openai · A · API-only
Input / 1M
$0.40
Output / 1M
$1.60
AA index
10.2
proprietary · 1.0M context
mistralai · B · API-only
Input / 1M
$0.40
Output / 1M
$2.00
AA index
9
proprietary · 131.1K context
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | GPT-4.1 Mini | Mistral Medium 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | API-only (closed weights) | API-only (closed weights) |
| Parameters | n/a — API-only | n/a — API-only |
| Architecture | n/a — API-only | n/a — API-only |
| Context length | 1,047,576 | 131,072 |
| Licence | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Commercial use | Per API terms | Per API terms |
| Languages | n/a — API-only | n/a — API-only |
| Downloads 30d | n/a — API-only | n/a — API-only |
| Downloads all time | n/a — API-only | n/a — API-only |
| Quantizations on the Hub | n/a — API-only | n/a — API-only |
| Gated | n/a — API-only | n/a — API-only |
| First seen on the Hub | n/a — API-only | n/a — API-only |
| API input price / 1M tokens | $0.40 | $0.40 |
| API output price / 1M tokens | $1.60 | $2.00 |
| Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens | $2.00 | $2.40 |
| Cached input / 1M tokens | $0.10 | $0.04 |
| AA Intelligence Index | 10.2 | 9 |
| AA Coding Index | 20.2 | — |
| AA Agentic Index | — | — |
| Max output tokens | 32,768 | 104,857 |
| API providers | 2 | 1 |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Reasoning mode | No | No |
API cost
Estimated cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens via OpenRouter
GPT-4.1 Mini
$2.00
Mistral Medium 3
$2.40
GPT-4.1 Mini is 1.2× cheaper at list price.