Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Qwen3.7 Max

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Data updated on September 30, 2026· 217 models

MistralMedium 3.5

Mistral Medium 3.5 is a dense 128B instruction-following model from Mistral AI.

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Reasoning estimated
Speed estimated
Input
Output
Context
262 K tokens
Max output
▲210 K
Input, $ per 1M tokens
$1.50
Output, $ per 1M tokens
$7.50
Cache read, $ per 1M
—
Batch (input / output)
$0.750 / $3.75
Tool calling
Yes
Released
05/01/2026
Knowledge cutoff
—
API id
mistralai/mistral-medium-3-5
QwenQwen3.7 Max

Qwen3.7-Max is the flagship model in Alibaba's Qwen3.7 series.

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Reasoning estimated
▲
Speed estimated
Input
Output
Context
▲1 M tokens
Max output
131 K
Input, $ per 1M tokens
▲$1.48
Output, $ per 1M tokens
▲$4.43
Cache read, $ per 1M
$0.295
Batch (input / output)
—
Tool calling
Yes
Released
▲05/21/2026
Knowledge cutoff
—
API id
qwen/qwen3.7-max
Third model (optional)
text image audio video PDF / file reasoning (1 to 5, estimated by family) speed (1 to 4, estimated by family)▲ best value among the selected

Which is the better API choice: Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Qwen3.7 Max?

  • Qwen3.7 Max: cheapest input (2% less than Mistral Medium 3.5)
  • Qwen3.7 Max: cheapest output
  • Qwen3.7 Max: largest context (1 M)
  • Qwen3.7 Max: the newest (05/21/2026)
  • Qwen3.7 Max: most reasoning (estimated)

Qwen3.7 Max costs 2% less on input and 41% less on output than Mistral Medium 3.5 ($1.48 / $4.43 versus $1.50 / $7.50 per million tokens). Qwen3.7 Max accepts more context (1 M). On capabilities, Mistral Medium 3.5 accepts images; Qwen3.7 Max has a reasoning mode. Mistral Medium 3.5 offers a batch tier at half price for jobs that do not need an immediate answer.

What would your product cost?

Estimate the monthly cost with your app's real volume. List prices, no cache or batch discounts.

Mistral Medium 3.5
$52.50/mo
Qwen3.7 Max
$39.83/mo

With Qwen3.7 Max you save $12.67 a month versus Mistral Medium 3.5 (24% less).

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  3. 3Qwen3.7 Flash Qwen$0.97
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Paste your prompt: tokens and cost per model

Rough estimate (about 4 characters per token). Nothing is sent to any server.

76tokens approx.287 characters

Cost of sending it 1,000 times (input only)

  1. 1Qwen3.7 Max Qwen$0.112
  2. 2Mistral Medium 3.5 Mistral$0.114
  3. 3Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic$0.152
  4. 4Claude Sonnet 5 Anthropic$0.152
  5. 5Claude Opus 5.5 Anthropic$0.304
  6. 6Claude Opus 5 Anthropic$0.380
  7. 7Claude Fable 5.1 Anthropic$0.760
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Frequently asked questions

Which is the better API choice: Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max costs 2% less on input and 41% less on output than Mistral Medium 3.5 ($1.48 / $4.43 versus $1.50 / $7.50 per million tokens). Qwen3.7 Max accepts more context (1 M). On capabilities, Mistral Medium 3.5 accepts images; Qwen3.7 Max has a reasoning mode. Mistral Medium 3.5 offers a batch tier at half price for jobs that do not need an immediate answer.

Which is cheaper: Mistral Medium 3.5 and Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max is cheaper: $1.48 per million input tokens and $4.43 per million output tokens, versus $1.50 / $7.50 for Mistral Medium 3.5.

Which has more context: Mistral Medium 3.5 and Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max accepts 1 M tokens of context; Mistral Medium 3.5 accepts 262 K.

Which is newer: Mistral Medium 3.5 and Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max was released on 05/21/2026; Mistral Medium 3.5 on 05/01/2026.

What would 10,000 requests a month cost with Mistral Medium 3.5 and Qwen3.7 Max?

With 1,500 input and 400 output tokens per request: Mistral Medium 3.5: $52.50; Qwen3.7 Max: $39.83 a month, at list price.

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.