AI Model Atlas / Mistral AI
Mistral Large
One million input tokens cost $2.00 and one million output tokens $6.00. Context window: 128k tokens, about 213 A4 pages.
What it costs in practice
Pricing per million tokens doesn't mean anything to anyone, so I convert it to three tasks that people actually give to models. The usage assumptions are listed for each row so you can verify them.
| Task | Input | Output | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1500-word articlebrief plus finished text in English | 1,500 tokens | 2,200 tokens | $0.02 |
| 100 chat queries700 tokens per question and 400 per answer | 70,000 tokens | 40,000 tokens | $0.38 |
| Hour of work with an agentagent reads repository and writes fixes | 250,000 tokens | 30,000 tokens | $0.68 |
Technical details
| Provider | Mistral AI |
| Modalities | text + files → text |
| Context window | 128k tokens (~213 A4 pages) |
| Maximum response | 102k tokens |
| Step-by-step reasoning | no |
| Tool calling | yes |
| Forced JSON format | yes |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2024-11-30 |
| Cache read | $0.20 per million |
| Content moderation | no extra filter |
How it compares to the rest
The database contains 469 models. In terms of input pricing Mistral Large is more expensive than 76 percent of paid models. A longer context window is available in 401 models.
Input price history
2026-09-08 · $2.002026-11-11 · $2.00
The chart shows the price of a million input tokens on consecutive measurement days. History starts on the day I launched the atlas and grows with each day. I don't backfill data.
Alternatives at a similar price
Models from other providers whose cost for the same article comes out closest.
| Model | Input / M | Output / M | 1500-word article | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grok 4.7xAI | $2.00 | $6.00 | $0.02 | 500k |
| Fugu MaxSakana | $2.00 | $6.00 | $0.02 | 1M |
| Qwen3.8 Max (0902)Qwen (Alibaba) | $2.00 | $6.00 | $0.02 | 1M |
| Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BQwen (Alibaba) | $2.00 | $6.00 | $0.02 | 1M |
Compare Mistral Large with another model or go back to the full database 469 models.