Is Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct or MiniMax M2.1 cheaper?

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.00 vs $1.20 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct or MiniMax M2.1?

MiniMax M2.1 has the larger context window (197K tokens).

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct vs MiniMax M2.1

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while MiniMax M2.1 offers a larger context window. Choose Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct or MiniMax M2.1 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct	MiniMax M2.1
Provider	Meganova	Meganova
Input / 1M tokens	$0.00	$0.28
Output / 1M tokens	$0.00	$1.20
Context window	33K	197K
Parameters	—	229B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Jun 2025	Dec 2025

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