Intelligence
4.1 #713
Top 93% tier
Output Speed
100 t/s
ITL 10.0 ms/tok
Blended price (3:1)
$3 /1M
In $2/M · Out $6/M
Context
131K
≈ 328 A4 pages · max out 8,192
Quality Domain Radar
6-Axis Frontier Evaluation vs Category Average & Flagship
Mistral Large
Claude Mythos Preview (#1)
Average (68)
Radar axes are approximated from category scores where direct benchmark measurements are missing — see Methodology.
Strengths & Trade-offs
Where it wins
- Open weights — self-host, fine-tune and audit with no vendor lock-in
- Cheap prompt-cache reads at $0.2/1M
Killer Use Cases
Deep research
Synthesis across broad knowledge domains with citation-grade recall.
Developer Quickstart & API
Set
MISTRAL_API_KEY first — get an API keycurl https://api.mistral.ai/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $MISTRAL_API_KEY" \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "mistral-large",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Refactor this function for O(n) time and explain the change."}]
}'import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.mistral.ai/v1",
api_key=os.environ["MISTRAL_API_KEY"],
)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="mistral-large",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Refactor this function for O(n) time and explain the change."}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)const res = await fetch("https://api.mistral.ai/v1/chat/completions", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MISTRAL_API_KEY}`,
"content-type": "application/json",
},
body: JSON.stringify({
model: "mistral-large",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Refactor this function for O(n) time and explain the change." }],
}),
});
console.log((await res.json()).choices[0].message.content);Official Resources & Links
API deployment
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Scores by Source
Category Scores
Benchmark Results
Live Specs & Architecture
Under the hood
- Prompt caching supported — cached input reads at $0.2/1M tokens.
Release date
Jan 1, 2025
Parameters
Not disclosed
License
Open Weights
Context Window
131,000 tokens
Max Output
8,192 tokens
Modalities
text
Cache Pricing
read $0.2 · write $2.5 /1M
Reasoning
—
Input Price
$2/M
Output Price
$6/M
Output Speed
100 t/s
Time to First Token
—
Data Updated
Aug 14, 2026
Estimated monthly bill
Estimated monthly spend
$0.00
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@misc{llmpodium2026mistrallarge,
title = {Benchmark Analysis and Intelligence Evaluation of Mistral Large},
author = {LLMPodium Research},
year = {2026},
url = {https://llmpodium.com/models/mistral-large}
}Embed Score Badge
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