Is Mistral Medium 3.5 or MiniMax-M2 cheaper?

MiniMax-M2 is cheaper on output tokens ($1.00 vs $7.50 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Mistral Medium 3.5 or MiniMax-M2?

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

Mistral Medium 3.5 vs MiniMax-M2

MiniMax-M2 is cheaper on output tokens, while Mistral Medium 3.5 offers a larger context window. Choose Mistral Medium 3.5 or MiniMax-M2 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Mistral Medium 3.5	MiniMax-M2
Provider	OpenRouter	OpenRouter
Input / 1M tokens	$1.50	$0.26
Output / 1M tokens	$7.50	$1.00
Context window	262K	197K
Parameters	—	229B
Open weights	No	Yes
Released	Apr 2026	Oct 2025

Mistral Medium 3.5 details →MiniMax-M2 details →

FAQ

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