Mistral Large 3 — pricing & specs
Mistral Large 3 is a flagship model from Mistral, at capability tier 5 of 8. Live $/M-token pricing and specs from the Mintok catalog, as of 2026-10-09.
$/M-token pricing
as of 2026-10-09 · MistralWhat Mistral Large 3 costs in practice
At $1.50/M output tokens, Mistral Large 3 is the 3rd-cheapest of 14 priced tier-5 models in the Mintok catalog — about 70% below the tier median of $5/M.
| Scenario | Est. cost |
|---|---|
| 1M input + 1M output tokens | $2.00 |
| A 10K-token request (8K in / 2K out) | $0.0070 |
| 1,000 agent runs (~2K in / 500 out each) | $1.75 |
| 1M-token RAG chat session (900K cached in / 100K out) | $0.195 |
Estimated from list price (as of 2026-10-09) at the token mixes shown; your real cost depends on prompt/response length and cache hit-rate. Model your own volume →
Specifications
- Vendor
- Mistral
- Family
- Mistral Large 3
- Capability tier
- 5 / 8
- Size class
- FLAGSHIP
- Category
- GENERAL
- Parameters
- 675B total · 41B active (MoE)
- Licensing
- Proprietary
Carbon footprint (modeled)
Modeled decode on a reference Cerebras Cerebras WSE-3 Turbo at 50% MBU, batch 32, global-avg grid. Compare all models & grids →
Alternatives at tier 5
Same capability tier, sorted by output price — the cheaper-capable options.
- GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI$1.20/M out
- Qwen3.7 PlusAlibaba$1.28/M out
- Grok 4.3xAI$2.50/M out
- Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle$3/M out
- Kimi K2.6Moonshot$4/M out
- Magistral MediumMistral$5/M out
FAQ
How much does Mistral Large 3 cost per token?
Mistral Large 3 costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens (cached input $0.05/M), via Mistral, as of 2026-10-09.
Is Mistral Large 3 expensive?
At $1.50/M output tokens, Mistral Large 3 is the 3rd-cheapest of 14 priced tier-5 models in the Mintok catalog — about 70% below the tier median of $5/M.
What does a typical request with Mistral Large 3 cost?
At list price, a 10K-token request (8K in / 2K out) with Mistral Large 3 costs about $0.0070, and 1,000 agent runs (~2K in / 500 out each) about $1.75.
What capability tier is Mistral Large 3?
Mistral Large 3 sits at capability tier 5 of 8 on the Mintok scale (FLAGSHIP size class).
Is Mistral Large 3 open-source or proprietary?
Mistral Large 3 is a proprietary model from Mistral, accessed via API.
Put Mistral Large 3 to work
Benchmark it on your prompts, or size a deployment and compare $/M-token against alternatives.
Pricing and specs are maintained by Mintok's catalog watchers from public sources. Not investment advice. Methodology.