GOOGLE VS MISTRAL
Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Magistral Medium
Magistral Medium is about 1.2x cheaper than Gemini 3.5 Flash on a blended 3:1 input:output rate — the same 10K-in/2K-out request costs $0.03 vs $0.033. Gemini 3.5 Flash 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 | $1.50 | $9.00 | $3.375 |
| 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 | $0.033 | $3,300 | +$300 |
| Magistral Medium | $0.03 | $3,000 | — |
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 | 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 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 vs Magistral Medium FAQ
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Magistral Medium?
Magistral Medium is cheaper. At rates checked 2026-08-11, Gemini 3.5 Flash costs $1.50 input / $9.00 output per 1M tokens, while Magistral Medium costs $2.00 input / $5.00 output — about a 1.2x difference on a typical 3:1 input-heavy workload.
How much does a real request cost on Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Magistral Medium?
A request with 10,000 input tokens and 2,000 output tokens costs about $0.033 on Gemini 3.5 Flash and $0.03 on Magistral Medium. At 100,000 such requests per month that is $3,300 vs $3,000 — a difference of $300 per month.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Magistral Medium?
Gemini 3.5 Flash. 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 and Magistral Medium count tokens the same way?
Not exactly. Gemini 3.5 Flash 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.