Which is cheaper for input tokens: Mistral: Devstral Medium or Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct?
Mistral: Devstral Medium is cheaper or equal on input token cost by $0.00 per 1M tokens.
Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark
Mistral: Devstral Medium vs Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
Side-by-side pricing and context window comparison for production model selection.
Input delta: $0.00Output delta: $1.60Monthly delta: $96
Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)
Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.
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| Metric | Mistral: Devstral Medium | Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | mistralai | meta-llama |
| Context Window | 131,072 | 131,072 |
| Input Cost / 1M Tokens | $0.4000 | $0.4000 |
| Output Cost / 1M Tokens | $2.00 | $0.4000 |
| Projected Monthly Cost | $168 | $72 |
| Vision | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Tool Calling | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Structured Output | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Reasoning | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| MMLU Score | 70.8 | N/A |
| GPQA | 49.2 | N/A |
Price History
Mistral: Devstral Medium Pricing Trend
Input / 1M tokens0.0%Output / 1M tokens0.0%
Mar 7 — Mar 11
Current Input / 1M
$0.4000
Current Output / 1M
$2.00
Price History
Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct Pricing Trend
Input / 1M tokens0.0%Output / 1M tokens0.0%
Mar 7 — Mar 11
Current Input / 1M
$0.4000
Current Output / 1M
$0.4000
Cost Calculator
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Mistral: Devstral Medium
$168
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Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
$72
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Lower costLive Recommendation
Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.
Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct saves $96/mo at this workload
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FAQ
Common questions for Mistral: Devstral Medium vs Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct pricing decisions.
Which is cheaper for output tokens: Mistral: Devstral Medium or Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct?
Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct is cheaper on output token cost by $1.60 per 1M tokens.
What is the projected monthly cost difference between Mistral: Devstral Medium and Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct?
$96 difference for the default scenario (120M input + 60M output tokens/month).
How should I choose between Mistral: Devstral Medium and Meta: Llama 3.1 70B Instruct?
Use this page to compare context window and token pricing, then open each model page to evaluate additional alternatives and monthly workload fit.