mercury-coder vs devstral-small
Input price
$0.25
$0.10
Output price
$0.75
$0.30
Context window
128K
131K
Throughput
142 tok/s
163 tok/s
Availability
99.1%
99.0%
Cost / task
$0.001
$0.000
Efficiency score
89
89
Estimated monthly cost by workload
Metric
MERCURY-CODER
DEVSTRAL-SMALL
Chat assistant
$165.00
$66.00
RAG / long context
$367.50
$147.00
Agent / tool use
$450.00
$180.00
Efficiency score: devstral-small
Across price, speed and reliability, devstral-small offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.
Figures are illustrative demo data, not financial advice.
Frequently asked questions
Is mercury-coder or devstral-small cheaper?+
devstral-small has the lower input price — $0.10 vs $0.25 per 1M tokens — so for most blended workloads it is the more cost-effective of the two. Figures are illustrative demo data.
Which should I choose, mercury-coder or devstral-small?+
Across price, speed and reliability, devstral-small offers the stronger overall balance for most workloads — but the right pick depends on your exact mix of input, output and latency needs.