GOOGLE VS MISTRAL
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Magistral Medium
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is about 3.2x cheaper than Magistral Medium on a blended 3:1 input:output rate — the same 10K-in/2K-out request costs $0.008 vs $0.03. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite has the larger context window (1,048,576 vs 128,000 tokens).
Pricing verified
API pricing per 1M tokens
| Model | Input / 1M tokens | Output / 1M tokens | Blended (3:1 mix) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | $0.30 | $2.50 | $0.85 |
| Magistral Medium | $2.00 | $5.00 | $2.75 |
Rates from official Google pricing and official Mistral pricing, checked 2026-08-11.
What a real workload costs
Example: one request with 10,000 input tokens and 2,000 output tokens, then that request at 100,000 runs per month.
| Model | Per request (10K in / 2K out) | Per month (100K requests) | Monthly delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | $0.008 | $800 | — |
| Magistral Medium | $0.03 | $3,000 | +$2,200 |
Model your own prompt sizes and volumes in the token cost analyzer, or check caching savings with the prompt caching calculator.
Specs side by side
| Spec | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral | |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens | 128,000 tokens |
| Model class | General text | Reasoning |
| Tokenizer | Proprietary (counts estimated) | Proprietary (counts estimated) |
Count tokens for each model on its own page: Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite token counter and Magistral Medium token counter. All Google models are on the Gemini Token Counter. All Mistral models are on the Mistral Token Counter.
FAQ
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Magistral Medium FAQ
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite or Magistral Medium?
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is cheaper. At rates checked 2026-08-11, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite costs $0.30 input / $2.50 output per 1M tokens, while Magistral Medium costs $2.00 input / $5.00 output — about a 3.2x difference on a typical 3:1 input-heavy workload.
How much does a real request cost on Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Magistral Medium?
A request with 10,000 input tokens and 2,000 output tokens costs about $0.008 on Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and $0.03 on Magistral Medium. At 100,000 such requests per month that is $800 vs $3,000 — a difference of $2,200 per month.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite or Magistral Medium?
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite. It supports 1,048,576 tokens of context versus 128,000 tokens — roughly 786,000 English words in one request.
Do Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Magistral Medium count tokens the same way?
Not exactly. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite uses a proprietary tokenizer (counts are estimates) and Magistral Medium uses a proprietary tokenizer (counts are estimates). The same prompt will tokenize differently, which shifts effective cost per word.