Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark

Mistral: Devstral Medium vs Google: Gemma 3 12B (free)

Side-by-side pricing and context window comparison for production model selection.

Input delta: $0.40Output delta: $2.00Monthly delta: $168

Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)

Google: Gemma 3 12B (free) is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.

Adjust the workload in the calculator below to see a live recommendation for your usage.

MetricMistral: Devstral MediumGoogle: Gemma 3 12B (free)
Developermistralaigoogle
Context Window131,07232,768
Input Cost / 1M Tokens$0.4000$0.0000
Output Cost / 1M Tokens$2.00$0.0000
Projected Monthly Cost$168$0.00
Vision❌ No✅ Yes
Tool Calling✅ Yes❌ No
Structured Output✅ Yes❌ No
Reasoning❌ No❌ No
MMLU Score70.8N/A
GPQA49.2N/A

Price History

Mistral: Devstral Medium Pricing Trend

Input / 1M tokens0.0%Output / 1M tokens0.0%
Mar 7Mar 11
$0.4000$1.20$2.00Mar 7Mar 8Mar 9Mar 10Mar 11

Current Input / 1M

$0.4000

Current Output / 1M

$2.00

Price History

Google: Gemma 3 12B (free) Pricing Trend

Input / 1M tokensOutput / 1M tokens
Mar 7Mar 11
$0.000000$0.000000$0.000000Mar 7Mar 8Mar 9Mar 10Mar 11

Current Input / 1M

$0.000000

Current Output / 1M

$0.000000

Cost Calculator

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0500M

Mistral: Devstral Medium

$168

per month

Google: Gemma 3 12B (free)

$0.00

per month

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Live Recommendation

Google: Gemma 3 12B (free) is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.

Google: Gemma 3 12B (free) saves $168/mo at this workload
Open Mistral: Devstral Medium model pageOpen Google: Gemma 3 12B (free) model page

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FAQ

Common questions for Mistral: Devstral Medium vs Google: Gemma 3 12B (free) pricing decisions.

Which is cheaper for input tokens: Mistral: Devstral Medium or Google: Gemma 3 12B (free)?

Google: Gemma 3 12B (free) is cheaper on input token cost by $0.40 per 1M tokens.

Which is cheaper for output tokens: Mistral: Devstral Medium or Google: Gemma 3 12B (free)?

Google: Gemma 3 12B (free) is cheaper on output token cost by $2.00 per 1M tokens.

What is the projected monthly cost difference between Mistral: Devstral Medium and Google: Gemma 3 12B (free)?

$168 difference for the default scenario (120M input + 60M output tokens/month).

How should I choose between Mistral: Devstral Medium and Google: Gemma 3 12B (free)?

Use this page to compare context window and token pricing, then open each model page to evaluate additional alternatives and monthly workload fit.