Mistral Nemo vs Pixtral 12B

Prices checked

Mistral Nemo takes 2 of 5 rounds against Pixtral 12B. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.02 per million tokens against $0.15.

Mistral AIWins 2 rounds

Mistral Nemo

131k context · tool calling · open weights

$0.02/M tokens

Cheapest price, at Eden AI · 1.6¢ per 1,000 pages

Mistral AI

Pixtral 12B

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

$0.15/M tokens

Mistral AI's own price · 9.9¢ per 1,000 pages

Maker's price in (lower wins)

$0.15/M

$0.15/M

Maker's price out (lower wins)

$0.15/M

$0.15/M

Cheapest price (lower wins)

$0.02/M at Eden AI

none below the maker

Maker's price, blended (lower wins)

$0.15/M

$0.15/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

1.6¢

9.9¢

Context

131k tokens

128k tokens

Open weights

yes

yes

Tool calling

yes

yes

Structured output

yes

not published

Reads images

no

yes

Reasoning

no

no

Released

19 Jul 2024

1 Sept 2024

Providers selling it

25

5

Price we measure against

the maker's own

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not published

no provider to check

Providers selling both · 2

  • Eden AI$0.02 / $0.17
  • Mistral AI$0.15 / $0.15

Mistral Nemo, then Pixtral 12B, per million tokens.

Go further

Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.

What moved this week

  1. Mistral Nemo

    Nous Portal · 64% dearer ·

    2.9¢ / 3¢ 1.7¢ / 2.2¢
  2. Pixtral 12B

    Eden AI · 10% dearer ·

    $0.17 / $0.17 $0.15 / $0.15
  3. Mistral Nemo

    Vercel AI Gateway · 60% cheaper ·

    2.9¢ / 3¢ 4¢ / $0.17

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Mistral Nemo or Pixtral 12B?
Mistral Nemo, at $0.02 per million tokens against $0.15 for Pixtral 12B, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?
Mistral Nemo: $0.02 at Eden AI. Pixtral 12B: nobody sells it below the maker's own price with a stated reason, so $0.15 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?
Yes. 2 providers sell both: Eden AI, Mistral AI. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.
Which holds more context?
Mistral Nemo, at 131k tokens against 128k.

Prices exclude tax, read 31 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.

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