Which is cheaper, Ministral 8B (latest) or Nova Lite 1.0?

Ministral 8B (latest), at $0.40 per million tokens against $0.42 for Nova Lite 1.0, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Ministral 8B (latest): nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.40 is the number to beat. Nova Lite 1.0: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.42 is the number to beat.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 5 providers sell both: NanoGPT, Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Cortecs. The cheapest of them for the two together is NanoGPT.

Which holds more context?

Nova Lite 1.0, at 300k tokens against 128k.

Ministral 8B (latest) vs Nova Lite 1.0.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Ministral 8B (latest) and Nova Lite 1.0 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

Ministral 8B (latest)

$0.40/M tokens

Mistral AI list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.066 per 1,000 pages

128k context · tool calling · open weights

Amazon

Nova Lite 1.0

$0.42/M tokens

OpenRouter list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.0504 per 1,000 pages

300k context · tool calling · reads images

List price in (lower wins)

$0.10/M

$0.06/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.10/M

$0.24/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

none below list

Standard price (lower wins)

$0.40/M

$0.42/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.066

$0.0504

Context

128k tokens

300k tokens

Open weights

yes

not stated

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

not stated

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

Released

1 Oct 2024

5 Dec 2024

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

OpenRouter

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

no provider to check

Providers selling both · 5

NanoGPT$0.60 / $0.42
Kilo Gateway$0.60 / $0.42
Nous Portal$0.60 / $0.42
OpenRouter$0.60 / $0.42
Cortecs$0.74 / $0.50

Ministral 8B (latest) then Nova Lite 1.0, per million tokens

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What moved in the last seven days

Ministral 8B (latest)Cortecs$0.17 / $0.17 $0.19 / $0.197% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Ministral 8B (latest)Nous Portal$0.12 / $0.12 $0.15 / $0.1525% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Nova Lite 1.0Nous Portal$0.05 / $0.19 $0.06 / $0.2425% dearer · 16 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Ministral 8B (latest) or Nova Lite 1.0?: Ministral 8B (latest), at $0.40 per million tokens against $0.42 for Nova Lite 1.0, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Ministral 8B (latest): nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.40 is the number to beat. Nova Lite 1.0: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.42 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 5 providers sell both: NanoGPT, Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Cortecs. The cheapest of them for the two together is NanoGPT.
Which holds more context?: Nova Lite 1.0, at 300k tokens against 128k.

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.