Mistral Small 3.1 24B pricing and routing profile
Mistral Small 3.1 24B from Mistral AI lists at $0.351 per million input tokens and $0.555 per million output tokens, with a 128,000-token context window. Prices from OpenRouter's catalogue on 2026-09-28.
Tool callingLog probabilities
Cost per 1,000 requests
| Request shape | List cost |
|---|---|
| Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out) | $0.216 |
| Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out) | $0.924 |
| Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out) | $3.09 |
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Can Gimbix route to it first?
Yes. At least one host return token log probabilities for Mistral Small 3.1 24B, which is the confidence signal Gimbix uses to let a cheaper model answer first.
Cheaper models that can answer first
Models priced below Mistral Small 3.1 24B that expose a confidence signal. Whether they answer your traffic as well is what a Gimbix pilot measures.
| Model | Input / output per 1M | Cheaper on a chat reply |
|---|---|---|
| Cydonia 24B V4.1 | $0.30 / $0.50 | 13% |
| DeepSeek V3.2 | $0.28 / $0.42 | 21% |
| DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | $0.27 / $0.41 | 24% |
| GLM 5.3 Flash | $0.15 / $0.50 | 46% |
| Qwen3.8 Omni Flash | $0.15 / $0.47 | 47% |
| Qwen3.8 Flash | $0.15 / $0.47 | 47% |
Questions
How much does Mistral Small 3.1 24B cost?
Mistral Small 3.1 24B lists at $0.351 per million input tokens and $0.555 per million output tokens on OpenRouter as of 2026-09-28. A typical chat reply of 2,000 input and 400 output tokens costs about $0.924 per 1,000 requests.
What is the context window of Mistral Small 3.1 24B?
128,000 tokens.
Can a cheaper model replace Mistral Small 3.1 24B?
Sometimes. Gimbix proves it on your own traffic before routing: the cheaper model must match Mistral Small 3.1 24B on one half of your requests and make at most three answers worse on the other.