Mistral Large 3
Analysis Summary
Mistral Large 3 is Mistral's flagship large model in this family, with an intelligence index of 15.9 and a coding index of 20.1. Its MMLU Pro of 80.7% and GPQA of 68.0% reflect strong general knowledge and reasoning for a model at this price tier. Livecodebench at 46.5% and scicode at 36.2% indicate functional coding capability suitable for many business development tasks.
For businesses, Mistral Large 3 is well-suited to content generation, SEO copy, structured document drafting, and moderate coding assistance. Its instruction-following benchmark (IFBench 36.2%) and LCR of 34.7% are adequate for most content workflows, though it falls short of frontier models on complex reasoning or agentic tasks. The agentic index of 20.2 limits its use in autonomous pipelines.
At $0.50 input and $1.50 output per million tokens, it offers strong price-performance for content-heavy workloads. Teams that need a capable, affordable model for writing, summarisation, and light coding will find it a practical fit, particularly where frontier-level reasoning is not required.
Assessed June 30, 2026
Editorial notes
Mistral Large 3 delivers strong general knowledge and solid coding at a very competitive $0.50 input price, making it a practical choice for content and SEO workflows on a budget.
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Performance Profile
How Mistral Large 3 compares
Mistral Large 3 ranks #167 of 385 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #90 of 139 for coding, #179 of 293 for agentic tasks. At $0.50 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 35% of comparable models.
Performance Indices
Source: Artificial Analysis
Benchmark Scores
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Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face
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Model Information
| Provider | Mistral |
| Release Date | December 2, 2025 |
| Status | Active |
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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Frequently 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 #90 of 139 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.
