// alternatives · October 2026
Mistral Small 3.1 24B alternatives
Cheaper models that come close, budget substitutes, and the cheapest step up — chosen on published LiveBench scores and live list price, never on our opinion. Every model here supports tool calling and image input, as Mistral Small 3.1 24B does.
LiveBench hasn't published a run for Mistral Small 3.1 24B. The strongest benchmarked model at a similar or lower price is Claude Haiku 5.5, scoring 69.8 overall.
Mistral Small 3.1 24B: no published LiveBench run, $0.402 per 1M blended tokens, about $314.10/mo for a RAG assistant.
Benchmarked models at or below its price
Mistral Small 3.1 24B has no published LiveBench run, so these are the highest-scoring benchmarked models priced no more than 25% above it — a known quantity to test against.
| Model | Overall | vs Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Blended / 1M | RAG assistant | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 5.5anthropic 50% cheaper. Head to head → | 69.8 | — | $0.200−50% | $74.00/mo | 1M |
| MiniMax M3.1 Flashminimax 35% cheaper. Head to head → | 66.9 | — | $0.262−35% | $102.00/mo | 1.0M |
| GPT-6 Lunaopenai 50% cheaper. Head to head → | 64.6 | — | $0.200−50% | $74.00/mo | 1.1M |
| GLM 5.3 Flashz-ai 87% cheaper. Head to head → | 62.1 | — | $0.053−87% | $34.59/mo | 1.0M |
| Qwen3.8 27Bqwen 15% cheaper. Head to head → | 58.4 | — | $0.342−15% | $92.16/mo | 1M |
| Nemotron 3.5 Super VLnvidia 41% cheaper. Head to head → | 50.2 | — | $0.237−41% | $98.00/mo | 1.0M |
Mistral Small 3.1 24B alternatives FAQ
What is the best alternative to Mistral Small 3.1 24B?
Claude Haiku 5.5. 50% cheaper. Every suggestion supports tool calling and image input, like Mistral Small 3.1 24B.
How alternatives are chosen
- Scores — LiveBench release 2026-10-25. Only models with a published run are suggested on quality; a missing model means “not evaluated”, not “worse”.
- Prices — live list prices from OpenRouter, blended 3:1 input:output. Monthly figures price a RAG assistant with the published cached-input rate where there is one.
- Same job — suggestions must support every capability Mistral Small 3.1 24B has among tool calling and image input. Other listings of the same model (free or batch tiers) are variants, not alternatives, and are left out.
A few points on a public benchmark can hide large differences on your own tasks. Shortlist here, then decide with an eval — how to build one.