Is Mistral Small 3.1 24B or Claude Opus 4.8 cheaper?

Mistral Small 3.1 24B is cheaper on output tokens ($0.30 vs $25.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Mistral Small 3.1 24B or Claude Opus 4.8?

Claude Opus 4.8 has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Mistral Small 3.1 24B vs Claude Opus 4.8

Mistral Small 3.1 24B is cheaper on output tokens, while Claude Opus 4.8 offers a larger context window. Choose Mistral Small 3.1 24B or Claude Opus 4.8 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Mistral Small 3.1 24B	Claude Opus 4.8
Provider	Vertex	Vertex
Input / 1M tokens	$0.10	$5.00
Output / 1M tokens	$0.30	$25.00
Context window	128K	1M
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Mar 2025	May 2026

Mistral Small 3.1 24B details →Claude Opus 4.8 details →

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