Is Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Mistral Small 2503 cheaper?

Mistral Small 2503 is cheaper on output tokens ($0.60 vs $15.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Mistral Small 2503?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Mistral Small 2503

Mistral Small 2503 is cheaper on output tokens, while Claude Sonnet 4.6 offers a larger context window. Choose Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Mistral Small 2503 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Claude Sonnet 4.6	Mistral Small 2503
Provider	routing.run	routing.run
Input / 1M tokens	$3.00	$0.15
Output / 1M tokens	$15.00	$0.60
Context window	1M	128K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	Yes
Released	Feb 2026	Mar 2026

Claude Sonnet 4.6 details →Mistral Small 2503 details →

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