Model comparison
Qwen3.6 Plus vs Mistral Medium 3.5
Compare Qwen3.6 Plus vs Mistral Medium 3.5 API pricing: input/output token costs, cache pricing, context windows, workload estimates, and routing fit.
Qwen3.6 Plus
openrouter · openrouter/qwen/qwen3.6-plus
- Input
- $0.325
- Output
- $1.95
- Context
- 1M
Mistral Medium 3.5
mistral · mistral/mistral-medium-3-5
- Input
- $1.5
- Output
- $7.5
- Context
- 262.1K
Quick take
Qwen3.6 Plus has the lower input price at $0.325 per 1M input tokens. Qwen3.6 Plus is cheaper for the example blended workload below. Qwen3.6 Plus has the larger context window at 1M tokens.
Choose Qwen3.6 Plus if...
- Qwen3.6 Plus is the better default for cost-sensitive traffic and repeated high-volume calls.
- Qwen3.6 Plus is safer for long documents, repository analysis, and RAG prompts because it has the larger context window.
Choose Mistral Medium 3.5 if...
- Mistral Medium 3.5 gives more room for long generated answers, reports, or code output.
Example workload cost
Estimates use input tokens plus 20% output tokens. They exclude provider discounts, cache hits, and tool/search surcharges.
| Workload | Qwen3.6 Plus | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M input + 200K output | $0.72 | $3.00 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| 10M input + 2M output | $7.15 | $30.00 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| 100M input + 20M output | $71.50 | $300.00 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
Context, output, and capability fit
Qwen3.6 Plus provides the larger context window. Check max output separately when the task needs long reports, code generation, or full-document rewrites.
- Qwen3.6 Plus max output
- 65.5K
- Mistral Medium 3.5 max output
- 262.1K
- Qwen3.6 Plus features
- function calling, vision
- Mistral Medium 3.5 features
- function calling, vision
Risk notes for Qwen3.6 Plus
- No prompt caching in this snapshot: repeated long-context calls may be more expensive.
Risk notes for Mistral Medium 3.5
- No prompt caching in this snapshot: repeated long-context calls may be more expensive.
Routing tags
codingreasoningopen-weightbudgetlocal-openfrontieragentsmultimodalenterpriserag