MiniMax M2.7 vs Mistral Small 3.1 24B

MiniMax M2.7 at $0.310 in and $1.24 out and Mistral Small 3.1 24B at $0.404 in and $0.638 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

MiniMax M2.7

MiniMax

0.25¢

for a client proposal

$0.310 in · $1.24 out / 1M

205K context · released 5 months ago

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Mistral Small 3.1 24B

Mistral AI

0.25¢

for a client proposal

$0.404 in · $0.638 out / 1M

128K context · released March 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.51¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: MiniMax M2.7 at $0.310 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: Mistral Small 3.1 24B at $0.638 per million tokens.
Largest context: MiniMax M2.7 at 205K tokens — about 290 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

MiniMax M2.7

0.12¢

Mistral Small 3.1 24B

0.11¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

MiniMax M2.7

0.25¢

Mistral Small 3.1 24B

0.25¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

MiniMax M2.7

$0.05

Mistral Small 3.1 24B

needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

MiniMax M2.7

1.2¢

Mistral Small 3.1 24B

1.5¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

MiniMax M2.7

needs 250K ctx

Mistral Small 3.1 24B

needs 250K ctx

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

Drag the slider to adjust the split between input and output workload.

80% Input20% Output

MiniMax M2.7

Mistral Small 3.1 24B

Adjust the ratio slider to change how output tokens influence the final price for equivalent workloads.

Pricing

MiniMax M2.7

Mistral Small 3.1 24B

Input / 1M tokens

$0.310

$0.404

Output / 1M tokens

$1.24

$0.638

Cached input / 1M

$0.062

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Specs

MiniMax M2.7

Mistral Small 3.1 24B

Provider

MiniMax

Mistral AI

Released

5 months ago

March 2025

Context window

205K

128K

Max output

131K

128K

Input

Text

Text and Images

Output

Text

Reasoning

Shows its thinking

Answers directly

Knowledge cutoff

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2023-10-31

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

MiniMax M2.7

MiniMax

0.12¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

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Mistral Small 3.1 24B

Mistral AI

0.11¢

for this task

72% input · 28% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.24¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 2,111 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, MiniMax M2.7 has the largest context window here — 205K tokens.

On price, Mistral Small 3.1 24B is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.25¢.

For images or files, Mistral Small 3.1 24B can read them directly; MiniMax M2.7 is text-only.

If you want to watch the model think, MiniMax M2.7 shows reasoning; the other answers directly.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

MiniMax M2.7 pricing →Mistral Small 3.1 24B pricing →Add Lyria 3 Clip Preview Add Grok 4.20

Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, MiniMax M2.7 or Mistral Small 3.1 24B?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Mistral Small 3.1 24B at 0.25¢; MiniMax M2.7 at 0.25¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

MiniMax M2.7 — 205K tokens, about 290 pages.

Can I run MiniMax M2.7 and Mistral Small 3.1 24B side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.51¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.51¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.