R1 Distill Llama 70B vs Mistral Medium 3.1.
model vs model · prices as of
R1 Distill Llama 70B and Mistral Medium 3.1 split the 5 rounds this table counts: the two list price rows, the cheapest price we can explain, the standard price and context. The weighting you pick decides the rest.
DeepSeekR1 Distill Llama 70B
$1.20/M tokens
cheapest we can explain, at DeepInfra · $0.156 per 1,000 pages
8k context · open weights
Mistral AIMistral Medium 3.1
$3.20/M tokens
Mistral AI list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.36 per 1,000 pages
131k context · tool calling · reads images
List price in (lower wins)
$0.80/M
$0.40/M
List price out (lower wins)
$0.80/M
$2/M
Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)
$1.20/M at DeepInfra
none below list
Standard price (lower wins)
$3.20/M
$3.20/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.156
$0.36
Context
8k tokens
131k tokens
Open weights
yes
not stated
Tool calling
no
yes
Structured output
no
yes
Reads images
no
yes
Reasoning
yes
no
Released
23 Jan 2025
13 Aug 2025
Providers selling it
18
5
Price we measure against
OpenRouter
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not stated
no provider to check
Providers selling both · 2
Kilo Gateway$3.20 / $3.20
OpenRouter$3.20 / $3.20
R1 Distill Llama 70B then Mistral Medium 3.1, per million tokens
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What moved in the last seven days
- Mistral Medium 3.1
Nous Portal$0.32 / $1.60 $0.40 / $225% dearer ·
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, R1 Distill Llama 70B or Mistral Medium 3.1?
- R1 Distill Llama 70B, at $1.20 per million tokens against $3.20 for Mistral Medium 3.1, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- R1 Distill Llama 70B: $1.20 at DeepInfra. Mistral Medium 3.1: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $3.20 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 2 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, OpenRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
- Which holds more context?
- Mistral Medium 3.1, at 131k tokens against 8k.
Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.