Mistral Large 3
Mistral · Frontier
Mistral's Apache-2.0 open-weight frontier model (675B total / 41B active MoE). 75% cheaper than Large 2 at $0.50/$1.50.
- Strengths
- Apache-2.0 open-weight frontier MoE (675B total / 41B active).
- Best for
- Open-weight frontier deployments and permissive-license self-hosting.
- Limitations
- Trails the very top closed models on the hardest tasks.
Input / 1M
$0.5
Output / 1M
$1.50
Cached input / 1M
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Context window
262K
Where it sits
5th-cheapest frontier model
by blended $/Mtok among 24 listed frontier models
79% below the frontier median
blended $/Mtok across 24 frontier models
Output costs 3× input
$0.5 in / $1.50 out per 1M
Held flat since launch (Dec 2025)
no blended price change recorded
Computed live from current prices and this model's history — not hand-written, so it stays accurate as prices move.
Price history
Only one price on record so far — the history chart appears once a price changes.
Snapshots
| Effective | Input | Output | Cached in | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Dec 2025 | $0.5 | $1.50 | — | mistral.ai/pricing |