Model comparison
Mistral Medium 3 vs Cohere Command A
Compare Mistral Medium 3 vs Cohere Command A API pricing: input/output token costs, cache pricing, context windows, workload estimates, and routing fit.
Mistral Medium 3
mistral · mistral/mistral-medium-2505
- Input
- $0.4
- Output
- $2
- Context
- 131.1K
Cohere Command A
cohere_chat · command-a-03-2025
- Input
- $2.5
- Output
- $10
- Context
- 256K
Quick take
Mistral Medium 3 has the lower input price at $0.4 per 1M input tokens. Mistral Medium 3 is cheaper for the example blended workload below. Cohere Command A has the larger context window at 256K tokens.
Choose Mistral Medium 3 if...
- Mistral Medium 3 is the better default for cost-sensitive traffic and repeated high-volume calls.
- Mistral Medium 3 gives more room for long generated answers, reports, or code output.
Choose Cohere Command A if...
- Cohere Command A is safer for long documents, repository analysis, and RAG prompts because it has the larger context window.
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 | Cohere Command A | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M input + 200K output | $0.80 | $4.50 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| 10M input + 2M output | $8.00 | $45.00 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| 100M input + 20M output | $80.00 | $450.00 | Mistral Medium 3 |
Context, output, and capability fit
Cohere Command A provides the larger context window. Check max output separately when the task needs long reports, code generation, or full-document rewrites.
- Mistral Medium 3 max output
- 8.2K
- Cohere Command A max output
- 8K
- Mistral Medium 3 features
- function calling
- Cohere Command A features
- function calling
Risk notes for Mistral Medium 3
- 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.
Risk notes for Cohere Command A
- No prompt caching in this snapshot: repeated long-context calls may be more expensive.
Routing tags
budgetcodingreasoningopen-weightenterpriselocal-openenterprise-ragraglong-contextagents