Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Nova 2 Lite
API pricing, benchmark indices and specs — updated 19 October 2026.
mistralai · A · API-only
Input / 1M
$1.50
Output / 1M
$7.50
AA index
14.2
proprietary · 262.1K context
amazon · B · API-only
Input / 1M
$0.30
Output / 1M
$2.50
AA index
13.4
proprietary · 1M context
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 262,144 | 1,000,000 |
| 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 | $1.50 | $0.30 |
| API output price / 1M tokens | $7.50 | $2.50 |
| Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens | $9.00 | $2.80 |
| Cached input / 1M tokens | — | — |
| AA Intelligence Index | 14.2 | 13.4 |
| AA Coding Index | 46.9 | 23 |
| AA Agentic Index | 7 | — |
| Max output tokens | 209,715 | 65,535 |
| API providers | 1 | 1 |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Reasoning mode | Yes | Yes |
API cost
Estimated cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens via OpenRouter
Mistral Medium 3.5
$9.00
Nova 2 Lite
$2.80
Nova 2 Lite is 3.2× cheaper at list price.