Simulating realistic RAG / search-augmented answers parameters (8,000 in / 500 out with 50% cache reuse). Devstral 2 (2512) (OpenRouter) delivers a 68% cost reduction over OpenRouter Auto-Best Router.
| Traffic Volume Tier | OpenRouter Auto-Best Router Monthly | Devstral 2 (2512) (OpenRouter) Monthly | Monthly Savings by picking Devstral 2 (2512) (OpenRouter) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 reqs/mo (Dev/Testing) | $9.50 | $3.036 | Save $6.464 / mo |
| 10,000 reqs/mo (Small App) | $95.00 | $30.36 | Save $64.64 / mo |
| 100,000 reqs/mo (Growth Production) | $950.00 | $303.60 | Save $646.40 / mo |
| 1,000,000 reqs/mo (Scale SaaS) | $9,500.00 | $3,036.00 | Save $6,464.00 / mo |
Devstral 2 (2512) (OpenRouter) is 68% cheaper for RAG / search-augmented answers workloads. At standard RAG / search-augmented answers parameter ratios (8,000 input tokens, 500 output tokens, 50% cache hit), Devstral 2 (2512) (OpenRouter) costs $0.003036 per request compared to $0.0095 on OpenRouter Auto-Best Router.
OpenRouter Auto-Best Router offers a context window of 1,000,000 tokens (max output: 32,768), while Devstral 2 (2512) (OpenRouter) offers 262,144 tokens (max output: 209,715).
At 100,000 requests per month, using Devstral 2 (2512) (OpenRouter) saves $646.40 every month (or $7,756.80 annually) compared to OpenRouter Auto-Best Router.
retrieved-context dominates cost — tune top-k and chunk size before switching models. Re-rank and drop marginal chunks; halving context roughly halves input cost. Deduplicate repeated chunks across queries to raise the cache hit rate.