Mistral Large 3
Mistral Large 3Alternatives?
CheaperMiMo v2.6 ProunstatedOpenwins 60%-28%$0.43 / $0.87No PDF input+4
BetterGPT-6 Lunamaxwins 55%-73%$0.068Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3
OpenKimi K3maxwins 62%+700%$2.00Sampling parameters are fixed+3
CheaperGLM 5.3 FlashunstatedOpenwins 59%-68%$0.15 / $0.50Defaults to max · Self-hosted+4CheaperMiMo v2.5 ProunstatedOpenwins 59%-28%$0.43 / $0.87No image input+1MiMo v2.6 ProunstatedOpenwins 60%-28%$0.43 / $0.87No PDF input+4GLM 5.3 FlashunstatedOpenwins 59%-68%$0.15 / $0.50Defaults to max · Self-hosted+4MiMo v2.5 ProunstatedOpenwins 59%-28%$0.43 / $0.87No image input+1
Qwen3.7 Plusunstatedwins 58%-25%$0.32 / $1.28MiMo v2 Prounstatedwins 57%-28%$0.43 / $0.87No image input+1GPT-6 Lunamaxwins 55%-73%$0.068Function calling only with none · Chat Completions+3GPT-5.6 Lunaxhighwins 55%-40%$0.085GPT-5.6 Terraxhighwins 58%+500%$0.63Prompts with >272K input tokensGPT-6.1 Solmaxwins 62%+433%$0.72Remove unsupported parameters+5
Muse Spark 1.2xhighwins 60%+167%$0.97Only auto tool_choice is supported+1Kimi K3maxOpenwins 62%+700%$2.00Sampling parameters are fixed+3GLM 5.2maxOpenwins 61%+187%$1.47No image input+1GLM 5.3maxOpenwins 61%+187%$2.01No image input+5GLM 5unstatedOpenwins 60%+107%$1 / $3.20Context: 262K → 203K+2GLM 5.1unstatedOpenwins 60%+187%$1.40 / $4.40Context: 262K → 203K+2Mistral Medium 3.5unstatedOpenwins 54%—$1.50 / $7.50Mistral Large 4unstatedsame—$1.36 / $4.18Infinite whitespace stream+4Mistral Largeunstatedwins 36%—$2 / $6Context: 262K → 128K+1Mistral Small 3.1 24BunstatedOpenwins 35%—$0.35 / $0.56Context: 262K → 128K+1Mistral Small 3unstatedOpenwins 30%—$0.05 / $0.08Context: 262K → 32K+2Mixtral 8x22B InstructunstatedOpenwins 26%—$2 / $6Context: 262K → 66K+1Mixtral 8x7B Instruct v0.1Openwins 22%—$0.54 / $0.54Context: 262K → 33K+1Mistral 7B Instruct v0.2Openwins 17%—$0.055 / $0.055Context: 262K → 33K+2All Mistral models →Run it yourself
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How much does Mistral Large 3 cost?›
$0.50 per 1M input tokens and $1.50 per 1M output tokens; cached input $0.05 per 1M. A typical benchmark task costs about $0.031 at default effort.
Is Mistral Large 3 free to use?›
There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $0.50 per 1M input tokens. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Mistral Large 3, and what is it best at?›
#303 of 334 in Chat & Knowledge, #75 of 132 in Coding, #104 of 133 in Agents & Tool Use, #86 of 195 in Writing & Language, #104 of 124 in Vision & Documents.
Is Mistral Large 3 better than Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (Sep '25)?›
On Arena Text · creative writing, Mistral Large 3 scores 1,374 vs 1,380 — about the same.
How can I use Mistral Large 3?›
Through the API of AWS Bedrock, Mistral.
What is the context window of Mistral Large 3?›
262K tokens, with up to 262K output tokens.
When was Mistral Large 3 released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2025-12-02. It has been superseded by Mistral Large 4.
Is Mistral Large 3 open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run Mistral Large 3 locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
Can Mistral Large 3 read images?›
It accepts text and images, PDF files as input.
What is Mistral Large 3?›
Mistral Large 3 is an open-weights language model from Mistral, released Dec 2025, the successor to Mistral Large 2407.
What are the best alternatives to Mistral Large 3?›
MiMo v2.6 Pro (cheaper), GPT-6 Luna (better), Kimi K3 (open weights).