Which is cheaper, Hunyuan A13B Instruct or Mistral 7B?

Hunyuan A13B Instruct, at $0.99 per million tokens against $1 for Mistral 7B, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Hunyuan A13B Instruct: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.99 is the number to beat. Mistral 7B: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $1 is the number to beat.

Which holds more context?

Hunyuan A13B Instruct, at 131k tokens against 8k.

Hunyuan A13B Instruct vs Mistral 7B.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Hunyuan A13B Instruct takes 3 of 5 rounds against Mistral 7B. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.99 per million tokens against $1.

Tencentwins 3 rounds

Hunyuan A13B Instruct

$0.99/M tokens

OpenRouter list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.118 per 1,000 pages

131k context · open weights

Mistral AI

Mistral 7B

$1/M tokens

Mistral AI list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.165 per 1,000 pages

8k context · tool calling · open weights

List price in (lower wins)

$0.14/M

$0.25/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.57/M

$0.25/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

none below list

Standard price (lower wins)

$0.99/M

$1/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.118

$0.165

Context

131k tokens

8k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

not stated

Reads images

Reasoning

yes

Released

8 Jul 2025

27 Sept 2023

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

OpenRouter

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

no provider to check

Providers selling both · 0

No provider we read sells both, so running the two means two accounts.

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Hunyuan A13B Instruct or Mistral 7B?: Hunyuan A13B Instruct, at $0.99 per million tokens against $1 for Mistral 7B, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Hunyuan A13B Instruct: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.99 is the number to beat. Mistral 7B: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $1 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?: No provider we read sells both, so running the two means two accounts and two bills.
Which holds more context?: Hunyuan A13B Instruct, 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.