Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512
Analysis Summary
Mistral Large 3 2512 is a Mistral model with a 262K context window, image and file input, and support for tools and function calling. Its listed intelligence result is 9, with no coding or agentic index supplied, so the available measurements do not establish strong performance on complex reasoning or software engineering.
For business use, multimodal intake and tool support make it a candidate for document workflows and straightforward assistant tasks. The context capacity can accommodate long material, but should not be mistaken for evidence of reliable long-context reasoning. Content teams should validate instruction following and editorial quality on their own briefs before using it for client-facing work.
Pricing is listed at $0.50 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens. Consider it for bounded workflows where its modality and API features fit, not as a lead model for high-stakes analysis.
Assessed September 23, 2026
Editorial notes
Mistral Large 3 offers image and file input, tool and function calling, and a 262K context window; its measured intelligence result is limited, so it suits bounded workflows rather than demanding reasoning tasks.
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DFO Verdict
Mistral Large 3 offers image and file input, tool and function calling, and a 262K context window; its measured intelligence result is limited, so it suits bounded workflows rather than demanding reasoning tasks.
Benchmarks
Artificial Analysis data refreshed Oct 8, 2026. Arena ratings from the Oct 2, 2026 text leaderboard, with style control.
Artificial Analysis has not published coding or agentic results for Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 yet. Until it does, the model sits below tested models on the Coding and AI Agents lists.
Artificial Analysis no longer lists this model, so its indexes are converted from their older scale to stay comparable.
How Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 compares
Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 ranks #345 of 435 AI models we track for overall intelligence. Its 262K-token context window is larger than 75% of the models we list. At $0.50 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 35% of comparable models.
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1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.50 | $0.000500 |
| Output | $1.50 | $0.001500 |
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Talk to our teamAbout Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512
Mistral Large 3 2512 is Mistral’s most capable model to date, featuring a sparse mixture-of-experts architecture with 41B active parameters (675B total), and released under the Apache 2.0 license.
Frequently asked questions about Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512
How much does Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 cost?
Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512?
Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 has a context window of 262,144 tokens (262K).
What can Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 do?
Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.
Who created Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512?
Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 is developed by Mistral and was released on December 1, 2025.