Is Mistral Medium 3.5 or BGE M3 cheaper?

Mistral Medium 3.5 and BGE M3 have comparable output pricing.

Which has the larger context window, Mistral Medium 3.5 or BGE M3?

Mistral Medium 3.5 has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Mistral Medium 3.5 vs BGE M3

Both have similar output pricing, while Mistral Medium 3.5 offers a larger context window. Choose Mistral Medium 3.5 or BGE M3 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Mistral Medium 3.5	BGE M3
Provider	Nvidia	Nvidia
Input / 1M tokens	$0.00	$0.00
Output / 1M tokens	$0.00	$0.00
Context window	262K	8K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Apr 2026	Jan 2024

Mistral Medium 3.5 details →BGE M3 details →

FAQ

Pricing is indicative — confirm with the provider before production use. Highlighted values indicate the better figure for that row.