MISTRAL VS ALIBABA
Magistral Medium vs Qwen3.5 Plus
Qwen3.5 Plus is about 3.1x cheaper than Magistral Medium on a blended 3:1 input:output rate — the same 10K-in/2K-out request costs $0.0088 vs $0.03. Qwen3.5 Plus has the larger context window (1,000,000 vs 128,000 tokens).
Pricing verified
API pricing per 1M tokens
| Model | Input / 1M tokens | Output / 1M tokens | Blended (3:1 mix) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magistral Medium | $2.00 | $5.00 | $2.75 |
| Qwen3.5 Plus | $0.40 | $2.40 | $0.90 |
Rates from official Mistral pricing and official Alibaba 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magistral Medium | $0.03 | $3,000 | +$2,120 |
| Qwen3.5 Plus | $0.0088 | $880 | — |
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 | Magistral Medium | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral | Alibaba |
| Context window | 128,000 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Model class | Reasoning | General text |
| Tokenizer | Proprietary (counts estimated) | Proprietary (counts estimated) |
Count tokens for each model on its own page: Magistral Medium token counter and Qwen3.5 Plus token counter. All Mistral models are on the Mistral Token Counter. All Alibaba models are on the Qwen Token Counter.
FAQ
Magistral Medium vs Qwen3.5 Plus FAQ
Which is cheaper, Magistral Medium or Qwen3.5 Plus?
Qwen3.5 Plus is cheaper. At rates checked 2026-08-11, Magistral Medium costs $2.00 input / $5.00 output per 1M tokens, while Qwen3.5 Plus costs $0.40 input / $2.40 output — about a 3.1x difference on a typical 3:1 input-heavy workload.
How much does a real request cost on Magistral Medium vs Qwen3.5 Plus?
A request with 10,000 input tokens and 2,000 output tokens costs about $0.03 on Magistral Medium and $0.0088 on Qwen3.5 Plus. At 100,000 such requests per month that is $3,000 vs $880 — a difference of $2,120 per month.
Which has the bigger context window, Magistral Medium or Qwen3.5 Plus?
Qwen3.5 Plus. It supports 1,000,000 tokens of context versus 128,000 tokens — roughly 750,000 English words in one request.
Do Magistral Medium and Qwen3.5 Plus count tokens the same way?
Not exactly. Magistral Medium uses a proprietary tokenizer (counts are estimates) and Qwen3.5 Plus uses a proprietary tokenizer (counts are estimates). The same prompt will tokenize differently, which shifts effective cost per word.