Question 1

What is the cheapest AI model for chat?

Accepted Answer

The cheapest AI chat models are typically smaller models like GPT-3.5-turbo, Claude Instant, or open-source models on platforms like Together AI and Groq. Prices can be as low as $0.10-0.25 per million tokens. However, cheaper models may have reduced capabilities compared to flagship models like GPT-4 or Claude 3 Opus. Use CloudPrice to compare current prices across all providers.

Question 2

How much does GPT-4 cost?

Accepted Answer

GPT-4 pricing varies by version. GPT-4 Turbo costs approximately $10 per million input tokens and $30 per million output tokens. GPT-4o is more affordable at around $5/$15 per million tokens. OpenAI also offers GPT-4o-mini at significantly lower prices. Pricing may change, so check CloudPrice for current rates.

Question 3

What is the difference between input and output tokens?

Accepted Answer

Input tokens are the text you send to the AI model (your prompts, context, and conversation history). Output tokens are what the model generates in response. Most AI providers charge differently for input and output tokens, with output tokens typically being 2-4x more expensive because they require more computation to generate.

Question 4

Which AI model has the largest context window?

Accepted Answer

Google's Gemini 1.5 Pro currently offers one of the largest context windows at 1 million tokens. Anthropic's Claude 3 models support 200K tokens, while OpenAI's GPT-4 Turbo supports 128K tokens. Larger context windows allow processing more text in a single request but may cost more.

Question 5

What does 'supports vision' mean for AI models?

Accepted Answer

AI models with vision support can process and understand images in addition to text. You can send images as part of your prompt and the model can describe, analyze, or answer questions about them. Examples include GPT-4 Vision, Claude 3, and Gemini Pro Vision. Vision capabilities typically cost extra per image processed.

Model	Creator	Input Price, $	Output Price, $	Inference Providers	Context	Max Output	Intelligence	Coding
Magistral Medium 1.2	Mistral AI	2.00	5.00	compare (1)	40K	N/A	27.1#1	21.7#3
Mistral Large 3	Mistral AI	0.500	1.20	compare (4)	262K	8K	22.8#2	22.7#2
Devstral 2	Mistral AI	0.400	2.00	compare (1)	256K	N/A	22.0#3	23.7#1
Mistral Medium 3.1	Mistral AI	0.400	2.00	compare (2)	131K	N/A	21.3#4	18.3#5
Devstral Small 2	Mistral AI	0.100	0.300	compare (1)	256K	N/A	19.5#5	20.7#4
Mistral Medium 3	Mistral AI	0.400	2.00	compare (2)	131K	8K	18.8#7	13.6#10
Magistral Medium	Mistral AI	2.00	5.00	compare (2)	128K	64K	18.8#6	16.0#6
Devstral Medium	Mistral AI	0.400	2.00	compare (2)	256K	N/A	18.7#8	15.9#7
Magistral Small 1.2	Mistral AI	N/A	N/A	compare (1)	128K	N/A	18.2#9	14.8#8
Devstral Small 1.0	Mistral AI	0.100	0.300	compare (2)	131K	N/A	18.0#10	12.2#12
Magistral Small	Mistral AI	0.500	1.50	compare (3)	128K	64K	16.8#11	11.1#14
Ministral 3 14B	Mistral AI	0.200	0.200	compare (1)	262K	N/A	16.0#12	10.9#15
Devstral Small	Mistral AI	0.100	0.300	compare (3)	256K	64K	15.2#13	12.1#13
Mistral Small 3.2	Mistral AI	0.060	0.180	compare (1)	131K	N/A	15.1#15	13.3#11
Mistral Large 2	Mistral AI	2.00	6.00	compare (1)	128K	8K	15.1#14	13.8#9
Ministral 3 8B	Mistral AI	0.150	0.150	compare (1)	262K	N/A	14.8#16	10.0#16
Pixtral Large	Mistral AI	2.00	6.00	compare (4)	131K	4K	14.0#17	N/A
Mistral Saba	Mistral AI	0.200	0.600	compare (1)	33K	N/A	12.1#18	N/A
Ministral 3 3B	Mistral AI	0.100	0.100	compare (1)	131K	N/A	11.2#19	4.8#17
Mistral Large	Mistral AI	2.00	6.00	compare (7)	262K	16K	9.9#20	N/A
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct	Mistral AI	1.20	1.20	compare (4)	66K	2K	9.8#21	N/A
Mistral Small	Mistral AI	0.100	0.300	compare (6)	262K	8K	9.0#23	N/A
Mistral Medium	Mistral AI	0.400	2.00	compare (4)	131K	64K	9.0#22	N/A
Mixtral 8x7B Instruct	Mistral AI	0.070	0.280	compare (9)	33K	16K	7.7#24	N/A
Mistral 7B Instruct	Mistral AI	0.010	0.100	compare (8)	127K	16K	7.4#25	N/A
Codestral	Mistral AI	0.200	0.600	compare (4)	256K	8K	N/A	N/A
Codestral 2	Mistral AI	0.300	0.900	compare (1)	128K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Codestral Embed	Mistral AI	0.150	N/A	compare (2)	8K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Codestral Mamba 7B	Mistral AI	0.250	0.250	compare (1)	256K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Devstral	Mistral AI	0.400	2.00	compare (1)	256K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Devstral 2	Mistral AI	0.400	2.00	compare (2)	262K	66K	N/A	N/A
Devstral 2 123B	Mistral AI	0.400	2.00	compare (1)	256K	8K	N/A	N/A
Devstral Medium 1.0	Mistral AI	0.400	2.00	compare (1)	128K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Devstral Small 1.1	Mistral AI	0.100	0.300	compare (1)	128K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Document AI	Mistral AI	N/A	N/A	compare (1)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Magistral Medium 1.0	Mistral AI	2.00	5.00	compare (1)	40K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Magistral Medium 1.1	Mistral AI	N/A	N/A	compare (1)	40K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Magistral Medium 1.2	Mistral AI	N/A	N/A	compare (1)	40K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Magistral Medium 1.2	Mistral AI	2.00	5.00	compare (1)	40K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Magistral Small 1.0	Mistral AI	0.500	1.50	compare (1)	40K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Magistral Small 1.1	Mistral AI	N/A	N/A	compare (1)	40K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Magistral Small 1.2	Mistral AI	N/A	N/A	compare (1)	40K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Magistral Small 1.2	Mistral AI	0.500	1.50	compare (1)	40K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mamba Codestral 7B	Mistral AI	0.190	0.190	compare (1)	256K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ministral 14B	Mistral AI	0.200	0.200	compare (2)	262K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ministral 3 14B Instruct	Mistral AI	0.200	0.200	compare (2)	256K	8K	N/A	N/A
Ministral 3 3B Instruct	Mistral AI	0.100	0.100	compare (2)	256K	8K	N/A	N/A
Ministral 3 8B Instruct	Mistral AI	0.150	0.150	compare (2)	256K	8K	N/A	N/A
Ministral 3B	Mistral AI	0.040	0.040	compare (3)	131K	4K	N/A	N/A
Ministral 8B	Mistral AI	0.150	0.150	compare (2)	262K	4K	N/A	N/A
Mistral 3 7B Instruct	Mistral AI	0.200	0.200	compare (1)	33K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mistral 3 Large 675B Instruct	Mistral AI	N/A	N/A	compare (1)	128K	8K	N/A	N/A
Mistral 7B	Mistral AI	0.050	0.200	compare (4)	33K	8K	N/A	N/A
Mistral 7B Instruct 4K	Mistral AI	0.200	0.200	compare (1)	33K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mistral Embed	Mistral AI	0.100	N/A	compare (2)	8K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mistral Large (24.02)	Mistral AI	10.40	31.20	compare (1)	32K	8K	N/A	N/A
Mistral Large (24.07)	Mistral AI	3.00	9.00	compare (1)	128K	8K	N/A	N/A
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct	Mistral AI	0.500	1.50	compare (1)	128K	8K	N/A	N/A
Mistral Saba 24B	Mistral AI	0.790	0.790	compare (1)	33K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mistral Small (24.02)	Mistral AI	1.00	3.00	compare (1)	32K	8K	N/A	N/A
Mistral Small (25.03)	Mistral AI	1.00	3.00	compare (1)	32K	8K	N/A	N/A
Mistral Small 24B Instruct	Mistral AI	0.050	0.080	compare (3)	33K	16K	N/A	N/A
Mistral Small 3.1 24B	Mistral AI	0.100	0.300	compare (2)	128K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct	Mistral AI	0.075	0.200	compare (3)	128K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mistral Small Creative	Mistral AI	0.100	0.300	compare (1)	33K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mistral Tiny	Mistral AI	0.250	0.250	compare (1)	32K	8K	N/A	N/A
Mixtral 8x22B	Mistral AI	1.20	1.20	compare (2)	66K	8K	N/A	N/A
Mixtral 8x7B	Mistral AI	0.460	0.500	compare (3)	33K	8K	N/A	N/A
Nemo	Mistral AI	0.020	0.040	compare (6)	131K	16K	N/A	N/A
Nemo Base	Mistral AI	0.200	0.200	compare (1)	128K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nemo Instruct	Mistral AI	0.020	0.040	compare (5)	131K	N/A	N/A	N/A
OCR 3	Mistral AI	N/A	N/A	compare (2)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pixtral	Mistral AI	N/A	N/A	compare (1)	128K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pixtral 12B	Mistral AI	0.150	0.150	compare (3)	128K	4K	N/A	N/A
Pixtral Large (25.02)	Mistral AI	2.00	6.00	compare (1)	128K	4K	N/A	N/A
Voxtral Mini	Mistral AI	0.040	0.040	compare (1)	128K	8K	N/A	N/A
Voxtral Mini Transcribe Realtime	Mistral AI	N/A	N/A	compare (1)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Voxtral Small	Mistral AI	0.100	0.300	compare (2)	128K	8K	N/A	N/A
Voxtral TTS	Mistral AI	N/A	N/A	compare (1)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

AI Model Comparison