Mistral Small 3.2 24B vs Seed 1.6 Flash.
model vs model · prices as of
Seed 1.6 Flash takes 3 of 5 rounds against Mistral Small 3.2 24B. Mistral Small 3.2 24B counters on price: $0.42 per million tokens against $0.51, for 256k context instead of 262k.
Mistral AIMistral Small 3.2 24B
$0.42/M tokens
cheapest we can explain, at DeepInfra · $0.057 per 1,000 pages
256k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights
ByteDancewins 3 roundsSeed 1.6 Flash
$0.51/M tokens
cheapest we can explain, at LLM Gateway · $0.06 per 1,000 pages
262k context · tool calling · reads images
List price in (lower wins)
$0.09/M
$0.07/M
List price out (lower wins)
$0.25/M
$0.30/M
Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)
$0.42/M at DeepInfra
$0.51/M at LLM Gateway
Standard price (lower wins)
$0.53/M
$0.52/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.057
$0.06
Context
256k tokens
262k tokens
Open weights
yes
not stated
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
yes
Reads images
yes
yes
Reasoning
no
yes
Released
20 Jun 2025
23 Dec 2025
Providers selling it
16
6
Price we measure against
OpenRouter
OpenRouter
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not stated
not stated
Providers selling both · 4
Nous Portal$0.42 / $0.53
Kilo Gateway$0.53 / $0.53
OpenRouter$0.53 / $0.53
Eden AI$0.61 / $0.53
Mistral Small 3.2 24B then Seed 1.6 Flash, per million tokens
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or switch the weighting, in the tool.
What moved in the last seven days
- Mistral Small 3.2 24BKilo Gateway$0.07 / $0.20 $0.09 / $0.2525% dearer ·
- Mistral Small 3.2 24BOpenRouterOpenRouter's list price, in and out per million tokens$0.07 / $0.20 $0.09 / $0.2525% dearer ·
- Mistral Small 3.2 24BNous Portal$0.06 / $0.16 $0.07 / $0.2025% dearer ·
- Mistral Small 3.2 24BOpenRouter$0.07 / $0.20 $0.09 / $0.2525% dearer ·
- Seed 1.6 FlashNous Portal$0.06 / $0.24 $0.07 / $0.3025% dearer ·
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Mistral Small 3.2 24B or Seed 1.6 Flash?
- Mistral Small 3.2 24B, at $0.42 per million tokens against $0.51 for Seed 1.6 Flash, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Mistral Small 3.2 24B: $0.42 at DeepInfra. Seed 1.6 Flash: $0.51 at LLM Gateway.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 4 providers sell both: Nous Portal, Kilo Gateway, OpenRouter, Eden AI. The cheapest of them for the two together is Nous Portal.
- Which holds more context?
- Seed 1.6 Flash, at 262k tokens against 256k.
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.