Which is cheaper, Mistral Small 3.1 24B or Trinity Large Thinking?

Mistral Small 3.1 24B, at $0.60 per million tokens against $1.55 for Trinity Large Thinking, three parts input to one part output, read on 21 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Mistral Small 3.1 24B: $0.60 at NanoGPT. Trinity Large Thinking: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $1.55 is the number to beat.

Can I buy both from one provider?

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

Which holds more context?

Trinity Large Thinking, at 262k tokens against 128k.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B vs Trinity Large Thinking.

model vs model · prices as of 21 Sept 2026

Trinity Large Thinking takes 3 of 5 rounds against Mistral Small 3.1 24B. Mistral Small 3.1 24B counters on price: $0.60 per million tokens against $1.55, for 128k context instead of 262k.

Mistral AI

Mistral Small 3.1 24B

$0.60/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at NanoGPT · $0.078 per 1,000 pages

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

NanoGPT ↗

Arcee AIwins 3 rounds

Trinity Large Thinking

$1.55/M tokens

Arcee AI list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.198 per 1,000 pages

262k context · tool calling · open weights

List price in (lower wins)

$0.35/M

$0.25/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.56/M

$0.80/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$0.60/M at NanoGPT

none below list

Standard price (lower wins)

$1.61/M

$1.55/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.078

$0.198

Context

128k tokens

262k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

yes

Released

17 Mar 2025

1 Apr 2026

Providers selling it

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 · 5

NanoGPT$0.60 / $1.65
Kilo Gateway$1.61 / $1.55
Nous Portal$1.61 / $1.55
OpenRouter$1.61 / $1.55
TrustedRouter$1.70 / $1.64

Mistral Small 3.1 24B then Trinity Large Thinking, per million tokens

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What moved in the last seven days

Mistral Small 3.1 24BFeatherless$0.70 / $1.16 $0.87 / $1.6129% dearer · 21 Sept 2026
Trinity Large ThinkingNous Portal$0.20 / $0.64 $0.25 / $0.8025% dearer · 16 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Mistral Small 3.1 24B or Trinity Large Thinking?: Mistral Small 3.1 24B, at $0.60 per million tokens against $1.55 for Trinity Large Thinking, three parts input to one part output, read on 21 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Mistral Small 3.1 24B: $0.60 at NanoGPT. Trinity Large Thinking: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $1.55 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 5 providers sell both: NanoGPT, Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, TrustedRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is NanoGPT.
Which holds more context?: Trinity Large Thinking, at 262k tokens against 128k.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 21 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.