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Mistral AI

Mistral Large 3

3.2
out of 10

Mistral AI's flagship closed-weights model from the leading European AI lab. Mistral Large 3 offers a 256K context window at $0.50/$1.50 per 1M — roughly 4× cheaper than Claude Sonnet with a similar positioning. AA Intelligence Index of 23 puts it in the mid-tier, but it's the strongest option for teams that require EU data residency or want to avoid US and Chinese providers.

Context window

256K tokens

API (blended)

$0.75/1M

Consumer access

API only

Multimodal

Text only

Score Breakdown

31.8/100 → 3.2/10
Total31.8/100 → 3.2/10

Intelligence, Reliability, Speed, and Context are field-relative — scores shift as models are added. Accessibility and Trust are absolute checklists. Full methodology →

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Strengths

  • +Best option for EU data residency — French company, GDPR-native, EU processing available
  • +256K context window at a competitive $0.75/1M blended price
  • +Strong multilingual capability: native French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
  • +Tool calling and JSON mode supported for structured output pipelines
  • +No Chinese or US jurisdiction concerns — unique positioning for EU enterprise

Weaknesses

  • -AA Intelligence Index 23 — below GPT-5 Mini (41) and Gemini 3 Pro (48) at similar or higher prices
  • -GPQA Diamond 68.0%, HLE 4.1%, τ²-bench 24.6% (AA-measured) — mid-tier on all benchmarks
  • -No multimodal input (text only)
  • -No MCP support
  • -No consumer chat product — API-only
  • -50 t/s output speed (AA-measured) — slower than most competitors

Best for

EU data residency requirementsmultilingual European contentcompliance-sensitive pipelinesmid-tier reasoning at low cost

Not ideal for

complex reasoning tasksmultimodal workflowsmaximum intelligence at any cost

Pricing details

Subscription plans

Pay-as-you-goAPI access via La Plateforme — billed per token
Free

API pricing

Mistral AI (La Plateforme)Function calling, JSON mode, and vision supported. EU data processing available.
$0.5/$1.5
Azure AISame pricing. Useful for teams already on Azure with compliance requirements.
$0.5/$1.5
Google Vertex AIVertex AI Model Garden deployment option.
$0.5/$1.5

Prices verified February 2026. LLM pricing changes frequently — verify at the provider's site before budgeting.

Last updated: February 27, 2026

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