Model comparison
Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Cohere Command R7B
Compare Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Cohere Command R7B API pricing: input/output token costs, cache pricing, context windows, workload estimates, and routing fit.
Mistral Medium 3.5
mistral · mistral/mistral-medium-3-5
- Input
- $1.5
- Output
- $7.5
- Context
- 262.1K
Cohere Command R7B
cohere_chat · command-r7b-12-2024
- Input
- $0.037
- Output
- $0.15
- Context
- 128K
Quick take
Cohere Command R7B has the lower input price at $0.037 per 1M input tokens. Cohere Command R7B is cheaper for the example blended workload below. Mistral Medium 3.5 has the larger context window at 262.1K tokens.
Choose Mistral Medium 3.5 if...
- Mistral Medium 3.5 is safer for long documents, repository analysis, and RAG prompts because it has the larger context window.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 gives more room for long generated answers, reports, or code output.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 is required if images, screenshots, or visual documents are part of the workflow.
Choose Cohere Command R7B if...
- Cohere Command R7B is the better default for cost-sensitive traffic and repeated high-volume calls.
Example workload cost
Estimates use input tokens plus 20% output tokens. They exclude provider discounts, cache hits, and tool/search surcharges.
| Workload | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Cohere Command R7B | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M input + 200K output | $3.00 | $0.07 | Cohere Command R7B |
| 10M input + 2M output | $30.00 | $0.68 | Cohere Command R7B |
| 100M input + 20M output | $300.00 | $6.75 | Cohere Command R7B |
Context, output, and capability fit
Mistral Medium 3.5 provides the larger context window. Check max output separately when the task needs long reports, code generation, or full-document rewrites.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 max output
- 262.1K
- Cohere Command R7B max output
- 4.1K
- Mistral Medium 3.5 features
- function calling, vision
- Cohere Command R7B features
- function calling
Risk notes for Mistral Medium 3.5
- No prompt caching in this snapshot: repeated long-context calls may be more expensive.
Risk notes for Cohere Command R7B
- Smaller context window: long PDFs, codebases, or RAG prompts may need chunking.
- No prompt caching in this snapshot: repeated long-context calls may be more expensive.
Routing tags
frontiercodingreasoningagentsmultimodalopen-weightenterpriseraglocal-openbudgethigh-volumeenterprise-rag