Is Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct or Kimi K2.6 cheaper?

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.56 vs $4.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct or Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6 has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct vs Kimi K2.6

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while Kimi K2.6 offers a larger context window. Choose Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct or Kimi K2.6 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct	Kimi K2.6
Provider	Cloudflare Workers AI	Cloudflare Workers AI
Input / 1M tokens	$0.35	$0.95
Output / 1M tokens	$0.56	$4.00
Context window	128K	262K
Parameters	—	1T
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Mar 2025	Apr 2026

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