Which is cheaper, Devstral Small or Pixtral 12B?

Devstral Small, at $0.24 per million tokens against $0.60 for Pixtral 12B, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Devstral Small: $0.24 at NanoGPT. Pixtral 12B: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.60 is the number to beat.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 3 providers sell both: Eden AI, LLMTR, Mistral AI. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.

Which holds more context?

Both hold 128k tokens in one call.

Devstral Small vs Pixtral 12B.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Devstral Small and Pixtral 12B 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.

Mistral AI

Devstral Small

$0.24/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at NanoGPT · $0.0396 per 1,000 pages

128k context · tool calling · open weights

NanoGPT ↗

Mistral AI

Pixtral 12B

$0.60/M tokens

Mistral AI list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.099 per 1,000 pages

128k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights

List price in (lower wins)

$0.10/M

$0.15/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.30/M

$0.15/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$0.24/M at NanoGPT

none below list

Standard price (lower wins)

$0.60/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.0396

$0.099

Context

128k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

not stated

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

Released

10 Jul 2025

1 Sept 2024

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not stated

no provider to check

Providers selling both · 3

Eden AI$0.60 / $0.60
LLMTR$0.60 / $0.60
Mistral AI$0.60 / $0.60

Devstral Small then Pixtral 12B, per million tokens

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Devstral Small or Pixtral 12B?: Devstral Small, at $0.24 per million tokens against $0.60 for Pixtral 12B, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Devstral Small: $0.24 at NanoGPT. Pixtral 12B: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.60 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 3 providers sell both: Eden AI, LLMTR, Mistral AI. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.
Which holds more context?: Both hold 128k tokens in one call.

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.