Mistral Medium 3
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Data updated on September 30, 2026· 217 models
Mistral Medium 3 is a high-performance enterprise-grade language model designed to deliver frontier-level capabilities at significantly reduced operational cost.
- Reasoning estimated
- Speed estimated
- Input
- Output
- Context
- 131 K tokens
- Max output
- 105 K
- Input, $ per 1M tokens
- $0.400
- Output, $ per 1M tokens
- $2.00
- Cache read, $ per 1M
- $0.040
- Batch (input / output)
- —
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Released
- 05/07/2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- —
- API id
- mistralai/mistral-medium-3
Summary from the data
Mistral Medium 3 is a Mistral model available by API since 05/07/2025. It costs $0.400 per million input tokens and $2.00 per million output tokens, accepts 131 K tokens of context and generates up to 105 K tokens per response. Input: text, image, PDF / file; output: text. It has no reasoning mode. It supports tool calling. With 10,000 requests a month of 1,500 input and 400 output tokens it would cost about $14.00 a month.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does Mistral Medium 3 cost per million tokens?
Mistral Medium 3 costs $0.400 per million input tokens and $2.00 per million output tokens (USD, list price). Cache read: $0.040. Batch tier: not published.
What context window does Mistral Medium 3 have?
Mistral Medium 3 accepts 131 K tokens of context per request and generates up to 105 K tokens per response.
Does Mistral Medium 3 accept images, audio or files?
Input: text, image, PDF / file. Output: text.
Does Mistral Medium 3 have a reasoning mode and tool calling?
It has no reasoning mode. It supports tool calling.
When was Mistral Medium 3 released and what is its knowledge cutoff?
Mistral Medium 3 has been available by API since 05/07/2025. Knowledge cutoff: not published.
What would an app built on Mistral Medium 3 cost?
With 10,000 requests a month of 1,500 input and 400 output tokens, Mistral Medium 3 would cost about $14.00 a month at list price, without cache or batch discounts.
What is the API id of Mistral Medium 3?
The id is mistralai/mistral-medium-3. It is the name passed in the model parameter of the API (or on OpenRouter).
Where do the prices come from and how often are they updated?
From the public catalogs of OpenRouter, models.dev and LiteLLM, which publish each provider's list prices. They sync once a day and the last update date is shown above the comparison.
What does price per million tokens mean?
It is what the provider charges per million tokens you send (input) or the model generates (output). A token is roughly 4 characters. Output almost always costs more than input.
Sources: OpenRouter, models.dev and LiteLLM. Prices in USD per million tokens, list price, no volume discounts. Prompt tokens are an estimate; each provider's tokenizer may differ.