Codestral vs Gemini 3 Flash: Pricing Comparison
Compare pricing, capabilities, and costs for your LLM workloads.
Mistral
Codestral
Pricing (per 1M tokens)
Input$0.3000
Output$0.9000
Context & Output
Context Window256K tokens
Max Output32.8K tokens
Capabilities
Categorymid
Multimodaltext
Fine-tuningNo
StreamingYes
Gemini 3 Flash
Pricing (per 1M tokens)
Input$0.5000
Output$3.00
Cached Input$0.0500
Batch Input$0.2500
Batch Output$1.50
Context & Output
Context Window1M tokens
Max Output65.5K tokens
Capabilities
Categorymid
Multimodaltext + image + audio
Fine-tuningNo
StreamingYes
Quick Verdict
Cheaper Input Price
Codestral
40.0% cheaper
Cheaper Output Price
Codestral
70.0% cheaper
Larger Context Window
Gemini 3 Flash
+744K tokens
Cost Comparison
Sample workload: 1,000,000 input tokens + 1,000,000 output tokens
Codestral
$1.20
$0.3000/1M input + $0.9000/1M output
Gemini 3 Flash
$3.50
$0.5000/1M input + $3.00/1M output
Codestral is 65.7% cheaper for this workload.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which is cheaper, Codestral or Gemini 3 Flash?
For input tokens, Codestral is cheaper at $0.3000 per 1M tokens. For output tokens, Codestral is cheaper at $0.9000 per 1M tokens. The overall cost depends on your workload's input/output ratio.
What is the context window size of Codestral vs Gemini 3 Flash?
Codestral has a context window of 256K tokens, while Gemini 3 Flash has 1M tokens. Gemini 3 Flash supports a larger context window of 1M tokens, which is beneficial for processing longer documents.
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