Mistral Medium 2505 vs Mistral Small latest
Mistral Medium 2505 vs Mistral Small latest: Mistral Small latest is cheaper by 91% on average. Mistral Medium 2505 from Mistral AI (131,072-token context, tool calls) vs. Mistral Small latest from Mistral AI (131,072-token context, tool calls). Use Agent Command Center to A/B both in shadow mode and pick the winner per workload.
Side-by-side cost
Live workload comparison
Same workload run through both models. The cheaper one is highlighted.
3,000
0131,072
400
0131,072
5,000
01,000,000
At this workload, Mistral Small latest is 87% cheaper than Mistral Medium 2505 — a savings of $266/month ($3,192/year).
Production recipe — Agent Command Center
strategy: cost-optimized
primary:
model: mistral-small-latest
provider: mistral
fallback:
model: mistral-medium-2505
provider: mistral
shadow: { sample_rate: 0.05 } # mirror 5% of traffic to compare quality live| Mistral Medium 2505 | Mistral Small latest | |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $0.400/M | $0.0600/M |
| Output price | $2.00/M | $0.180/M |
| Context window | 131,072 | 131,072 |
| Max output | 8,191 | 131,072 |
| Function calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | — | ✓ |
| Audio input | — | — |
| Reasoning | — | — |
| Prompt caching | — | — |
| Structured output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pricing verified | May 12, 2026 | May 12, 2026 |