Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct vs Mistral Medium 3: API price and specs
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is 78% cheaper than Mistral Medium 3 on input price.
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is 72% cheaper than Mistral Medium 3 on output price.
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is 75% cheaper than Mistral Medium 3 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
| Field | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct | Mistral Medium 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest input, per 1M | $0.09 | $0.40 +344.4% |
| Median input, per 1M | $0.14 | $0.40 +185.7% |
| Lowest output, per 1M | $0.55 | $2.00 +262.3% |
| Median output, per 1M | $1.18 | $2.00 +69.1% |
| Lowest unit price | — | — |
| Cost of 1M in + 200k out | $0.20 | $0.80 +299.2% |
| Context | 262K | 262K |
| Max output | 262K | 105K +60% |
| Providers | 16 | 5 +68.8% |
| Regions | EU, GLOBAL, US | EU, GLOBAL |
| Accepts | image, text, video | file, image, text |
| Returns | text | text |
| Type | Text models | Text models |
| Free option | no | no |
| Cheapest provider | deepinfra | edenai |
Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.
Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.
Providers selling both
aiml, edenai, google-vertex, kilo, openrouter
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct or Mistral Medium 3?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is 78% cheaper than Mistral Medium 3 on input price. Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is 72% cheaper than Mistral Medium 3 on output price. Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is 75% cheaper than Mistral Medium 3 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Which has the larger context, Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct or Mistral Medium 3?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 262K tokens; Mistral Medium 3: 262K tokens.
Where can I use both Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct and Mistral Medium 3?
aiml, edenai, google-vertex, kilo, openrouter