Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Gemini 2.5 Flash

Mistral Medium 3.5 versus Gemini 2.5 Flash specifications and price.
metric	Mistral Medium 3.5	Gemini 2.5 Flash
Input / 1M	$1.50	$0.30
Output / 1M	$7.50	$2.50
Context	262K	1.0M
Cost @ typical workload	$1,200/mo	$340/mo
Modality	text + image	text + image + audio + video
Price source	list	list
Provider	Mistral	Google

Which should you pick?

On a typical workload, Gemini 2.5 Flash costs $340/mo against Mistral Medium 3.5's $1,200/mo — roughly 3.5× cheaper. But the ranking depends on your output-to-input ratio: output is the pricier direction for both, so an output-heavy job (code generation, long answers) widens the gap while an input-heavy one (summarization, retrieval) narrows it. If you need to fit more in a single prompt, Gemini 2.5 Flash has the larger 1.0M-token window (~1,573 pages).

These are list and routed market prices, not measured outcomes. Two models at the same rate can still cost different amounts to finish the same task, because verbose or reasoning-heavy models emit more tokens. That gap is exactly what measured cost-per-task captures.

Frequently asked questions

Is Mistral Medium 3.5 or Gemini 2.5 Flash cheaper?

For a typical workload (1,500 input + 500 output tokens × 200,000 requests/month), Gemini 2.5 Flash costs $340/mo versus $1,200/mo for Mistral Medium 3.5 — about 3.5× less. Because output is priced higher than input, the winner can flip if your workload writes much more or less than this; check your own numbers in the calculator.

What's the main difference between Mistral Medium 3.5 and Gemini 2.5 Flash?

On price, Mistral Medium 3.5 is $1.50/$7.50 per 1M (in/out) and Gemini 2.5 Flash is $0.30/$2.50. Gemini 2.5 Flash has the larger context window at 1.0M tokens.

More comparisons

Mistral Medium 3.5 and Gemini 2.5 Flash — full specs and price history.
API cost calculator — compare on your own workload.
All comparisons — the full head-to-head index.