Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct vs Mistral Small 3: API price and specs
Mistral Small 3 is 44% cheaper than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct on input price.
Mistral Small 3 is 86% cheaper than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct on output price.
Mistral Small 3 is 67% cheaper than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has a 104.8% larger context than Mistral Small 3.
| Field | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest input, per 1M | $0.09 +80% | $0.05 |
| Median input, per 1M | $0.14 +180% | $0.05 |
| Lowest output, per 1M | $0.55 +590% | $0.08 |
| Median output, per 1M | $1.18 +1378.1% | $0.08 |
| Lowest unit price | — | — |
| Cost of 1M in + 200k out | $0.20 +203.6% | $0.066 |
| Context | 262K | 128K +51.2% |
| Max output | 262K | 16K +93.7% |
| Providers | 16 | 7 +56.2% |
| Regions | EU, GLOBAL, US | EU, US |
| Accepts | image, text, video | image, text |
| Returns | text | text |
| Type | Text models | Text models |
| Free option | no | no |
| Cheapest provider | deepinfra | deepinfra |
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
deepinfra, edenai, fastrouter, kilo, openrouter, poe, trustedrouter
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct or Mistral Small 3?
Mistral Small 3 is 44% cheaper than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct on input price. Mistral Small 3 is 86% cheaper than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct on output price. Mistral Small 3 is 67% cheaper than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Which has the larger context, Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct or Mistral Small 3?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 262K tokens; Mistral Small 3: 128K tokens.
Where can I use both Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct and Mistral Small 3?
deepinfra, edenai, fastrouter, kilo, openrouter, poe, trustedrouter