Claude Fable 5.2 vs Mistral Large 4
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Data updated on November 14, 2026· 230 models
Claude Fable 5.2 is Anthropic's most capable model for the most demanding technical work, with gains over Fable 5.1 in coding, reasoning, and vision.
- Reasoning estimated
- Speed estimated
- Input
- Output
- Context
- 1 M tokens
- Max output
- 128 K
- Input, $ per 1M tokens
- $8.00
- Output, $ per 1M tokens
- $40.00
- Cache read, $ per 1M
- $0.200
- Batch (input / output)
- $4.00 / $20.00
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Released
- ▲11/09/2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2026-06
- API id
- anthropic/claude-fable-5.2
Mistral Large 4 is a frontier multimodal (text and image input) model from Mistral AI built for reasoning, coding, and agentic workloads.
- Reasoning estimated
- Speed estimated
- Input
- Output
- Context
- ▲1 M tokens
- Max output
- ▲262 K
- Input, $ per 1M tokens
- ▲$0.700
- Output, $ per 1M tokens
- ▲$2.10
- Cache read, $ per 1M
- $0.070
- Batch (input / output)
- —
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Released
- 10/06/2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- —
- API id
- mistralai/mistral-large-4-0
Which is the better API choice: Claude Fable 5.2 vs Mistral Large 4?
- Mistral Large 4: cheapest input (91% less than Claude Fable 5.2)
- Mistral Large 4: cheapest output
- Mistral Large 4: largest context (1 M)
- Claude Fable 5.2: the newest (11/09/2026)
Mistral Large 4 costs 91% less on input and 95% less on output than Claude Fable 5.2 ($0.700 / $2.10 versus $8.00 / $40.00 per million tokens). Mistral Large 4 accepts more context (1 M). Claude Fable 5.2 offers a batch tier at half price for jobs that do not need an immediate answer.
What would your product cost?
Estimate the monthly cost with your app's real volume. List prices, no cache or batch discounts.
With Mistral Large 4 you save $261.10 a month versus Claude Fable 5.2 (93% less).
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- 7Claude Fable 5.2 Anthropic$0.608
- 8Claude Fable 5.1 Anthropic$0.760
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Which is the better API choice: Claude Fable 5.2 vs Mistral Large 4?
Mistral Large 4 costs 91% less on input and 95% less on output than Claude Fable 5.2 ($0.700 / $2.10 versus $8.00 / $40.00 per million tokens). Mistral Large 4 accepts more context (1 M). Claude Fable 5.2 offers a batch tier at half price for jobs that do not need an immediate answer.
Which is cheaper: Claude Fable 5.2 and Mistral Large 4?
Mistral Large 4 is cheaper: $0.700 per million input tokens and $2.10 per million output tokens, versus $8.00 / $40.00 for Claude Fable 5.2.
Which has more context: Claude Fable 5.2 and Mistral Large 4?
Mistral Large 4 accepts 1 M tokens of context; Claude Fable 5.2 accepts 1 M.
Which is newer: Claude Fable 5.2 and Mistral Large 4?
Claude Fable 5.2 was released on 11/09/2026; Mistral Large 4 on 10/06/2026.
What would 10,000 requests a month cost with Claude Fable 5.2 and Mistral Large 4?
With 1,500 input and 400 output tokens per request: Claude Fable 5.2: $280.00; Mistral Large 4: $18.90 a month, at list price.
Where do the prices come from and how often are they updated?
From the public catalogs of OpenRouter, models.dev and LiteLLM, which publish each provider's list prices. They sync once a day and the last update date is shown above the comparison.
What does price per million tokens mean?
It is what the provider charges per million tokens you send (input) or the model generates (output). A token is roughly 4 characters. Output almost always costs more than input.
Sources: OpenRouter, models.dev and LiteLLM. Prices in USD per million tokens, list price, no volume discounts. Prompt tokens are an estimate; each provider's tokenizer may differ.