Which is cheaper, Mistral 7B or Qwen-MT Turbo?

Qwen-MT Turbo, at $0.58 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?

Mistral 7B: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $1 is the number to beat. Qwen-MT Turbo: $0.58 at Alibaba Cloud (China).

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. One provider sells both: Eden AI. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.

Which holds more context?

Qwen-MT Turbo, at 16k tokens against 8k.

Mistral 7B vs Qwen-MT Turbo.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Qwen-MT Turbo takes 4 of 5 rounds against Mistral 7B. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.58 per million tokens against $1.

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

Alibaba Cloudwins 4 rounds

Qwen-MT Turbo

$0.58/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Alibaba Cloud (China) · $0.0774 per 1,000 pages

16k context

Alibaba Cloud (China) ↗

List price in (lower wins)

$0.25/M

$0.16/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.25/M

$0.49/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

none below list

$0.58/M at Alibaba Cloud (China)

Standard price (lower wins)

$1/M

$0.97/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.165

$0.0774

Context

8k tokens

16k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

not stated

Reads images

Reasoning

Released

27 Sept 2023

1 Jan 2025

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

no provider to check

not stated

Providers selling both · 1

Eden AI$1 / $0.63

Mistral 7B then Qwen-MT Turbo, per million tokens

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Mistral 7B or Qwen-MT Turbo?: Qwen-MT Turbo, at $0.58 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?: Mistral 7B: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $1 is the number to beat. Qwen-MT Turbo: $0.58 at Alibaba Cloud (China).
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. One provider sells both: Eden AI. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.
Which holds more context?: Qwen-MT Turbo, at 16k 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.