Is Mistral: Mistral Small 3 or MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 cheaper?

Mistral: Mistral Small 3 is cheaper on output tokens ($0.08 vs $3.50 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Mistral: Mistral Small 3 or MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6?

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

Mistral: Mistral Small 3 vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6

Mistral: Mistral Small 3 is cheaper on output tokens, while MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 offers a larger context window. Choose Mistral: Mistral Small 3 or MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Mistral: Mistral Small 3	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6
Provider	Kilo Gateway	Kilo Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.05	$0.75
Output / 1M tokens	$0.08	$3.50
Context window	33K	262K
Parameters	—	1T
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Dec 2025	Apr 2026

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