Mistral Large 3 — API Pricing & Benchmarks
Mistral Large 3 is Mistral AI's mid model, released in 2025-12. The API costs $0.50 per 1M input tokens and $1.50 per 1M output tokens ($0.75 blended at a 3:1 ratio). On the independently measured Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index it scores 15.9, ranking #60 of 68 models tracked on this site, with a median output speed of 74 tokens/sec.
Explore provider routes and additional benchmark sources for Mistral Large 3
| Provider | Mistral AI |
| Input price / 1M tokens | $0.50 |
| Output price / 1M tokens | $1.50 |
| Cached input / 1M tokens | — |
| Blended price (3:1) | $0.75 |
| Context window | — |
| Max output tokens | — |
| Knowledge cutoff | — |
| License | open weights |
| Input modalities | T+I |
| Output speed (tok/s) | 74 |
| Released | 2025-12 |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | 15.9 |
| LMArena Elo | 1428 |
| GPQA Diamond | 68% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.2% |
Where Mistral Large 3 fits
On a blended 3:1 basis Mistral Large 3 costs $0.75 per 1M tokens, cheaper than 71% of the 80 priced models in this index. It sits in the mid-tier bracket where most production chat, RAG and summarization workloads run: meaningfully cheaper than flagships while keeping most of their capability. The weights are open, so it can be self-hosted for data-residency or cost reasons instead of consumed via API.
Price history
| Period | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Cached $/1M |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-18 → current | $0.50 | $1.50 | — |
No list-price changes recorded since tracking began. Full dataset: price-history.json (CC BY 4.0).
Alternatives at a similar price
- GPT-4.1 mini (OpenAI) — $0.70/1M blended, AA Index 14.8
- Qwen3.7-Plus (Alibaba Qwen) — $0.70/1M blended, AA Index 39.4
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite (Google) — $0.85/1M blended, AA Index 37.4
- Gemini 2.5 Flash (Google) — $0.85/1M blended, AA Index 24.2
About Mistral AI
Mistral AI is Europe's leading LLM lab, shipping a mix of open-weights models (Mistral Small, Large) and proprietary ones, plus the code-focused Codestral line. European data-residency requirements often shortlist Mistral by default.