Mistral Small 4 vs Nvidia Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30 B A3 B Bf 16: cost comparison
Prices updated 2026-11-05 · computed from live provider data
Short answer: Mistral Small 4 is cheaper on a
3:1 input/output blend — $0.263 per million tokens versus
$0.362, a 28% difference.
Mistral Small 4 offers the larger context window at 262,144 tokens, against 65,536 for Nvidia Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30 B A3 B Bf 16.
Head to head
| Mistral Small 4 | Nvidia Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30 B A3 B Bf 16 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $0.150 | $0.150 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $0.600 | $1.00 |
| Blended 3:1, per 1M | $0.263 | $0.362 |
| Context window | 262,144 | 65,536 |
| Vendor | empiriolabs | gmi |
Monthly cost at real volumes
| Workload (input / output) | Mistral Small 4 | Nvidia Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30 B A3 B Bf 16 |
|---|---|---|
| 1M in / 250K out | $0.300 | $0.400 |
| 10M in / 2.5M out | $3.00 | $4.00 |
| 100M in / 25M out | $30.00 | $40.00 |
Which should you pick?
Pick Mistral Small 4 when you need the longer context window (262,144 vs 65,536 tokens). Pick Mistral Small 4 when price per token dominates your workload — high-volume classification, extraction, or batch summarisation.