Mistral Large 3
Analysis Summary
Mistral Large 3 is Mistral's larger general-purpose model in this group, offering a meaningful step up in reasoning and coding capability over the compact Ministral line. Its pricing remains moderate at $0.50 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens, supporting cost-conscious technical workloads.
The model is best considered for assisted coding, structured drafting, summarisation, and internal analysis where a stronger baseline is needed without flagship pricing. Its agentic capability is limited, and the supplied data does not establish vision, tool use, function calling, or long-context strengths. It should therefore remain a secondary model for supervised workflows rather than the foundation of autonomous client systems.
Assessed September 7, 2026
Editorial notes
Mistral Large 3 provides a more capable general and coding foundation than Mistral's compact models, with pricing of $0.50 input and $1.50 output per million tokens. Its limited agentic profile narrows its production role.
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DFO Verdict
Mistral Large 3 provides a more capable general and coding foundation than Mistral's compact models, with pricing of $0.50 input and $1.50 output per million tokens. Its limited agentic profile narrows its production role.
How Mistral Large 3 compares
Mistral Large 3 ranks #241 of 438 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #153 of 210 for coding, #149 of 192 for agentic tasks. At $0.50 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 39% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on value. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
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| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.50 | $0.000500 |
| Output | $1.50 | $0.001500 |
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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.
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Talk to our teamFrequently asked questions about Mistral Large 3
How much does Mistral Large 3 cost?
Mistral Large 3 costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens.
Is Mistral Large 3 good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, Mistral Large 3 ranks #153 of 210 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.
Who created Mistral Large 3?
Mistral Large 3 is developed by Mistral and was released on December 2, 2025.