GPT-5.6 Terra vs Mistral Large 4
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Data updated on October 25, 2026· 223 models
GPT-5.6 Terra is a balanced model in OpenAI's GPT-5.6 series, positioned between the flagship Sol tier and the cost-efficient Luna tier.
- Reasoning estimated
- Speed estimated
- ▲
- Input
- Output
- Context
- ▲1.1 M tokens
- Max output
- 128 K
- Input, $ per 1M tokens
- $2.00
- Output, $ per 1M tokens
- $12.00
- Cache read, $ per 1M
- $0.200
- Batch (input / output)
- $1.00 / $6.00
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Released
- 07/09/2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2026-02-16
- API id
- openai/gpt-5.6-terra
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
- ▲$1.36
- Output, $ per 1M tokens
- ▲$4.18
- Cache read, $ per 1M
- $0.140
- 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: GPT-5.6 Terra vs Mistral Large 4?
- Mistral Large 4: cheapest input (32% less than GPT-5.6 Terra)
- Mistral Large 4: cheapest output
- GPT-5.6 Terra: largest context (1.1 M)
- Mistral Large 4: the newest (10/06/2026)
- Mistral Large 4: most reasoning (estimated)
- GPT-5.6 Terra: the fastest (estimated)
Mistral Large 4 costs 32% less on input and 65% less on output than GPT-5.6 Terra ($1.36 / $4.18 versus $2.00 / $12.00 per million tokens). GPT-5.6 Terra accepts more context (1.1 M). GPT-5.6 Terra 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 $40.88 a month versus GPT-5.6 Terra (52% less).
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Paste your prompt: tokens and cost per model
Rough estimate (about 4 characters per token). Nothing is sent to any server.
Cost of sending it 1,000 times (input only)
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- 2Mistral Large 4 Mistral$0.103
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- 7Claude Opus 5 Anthropic$0.380
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Frequently asked questions
Which is the better API choice: GPT-5.6 Terra vs Mistral Large 4?
Mistral Large 4 costs 32% less on input and 65% less on output than GPT-5.6 Terra ($1.36 / $4.18 versus $2.00 / $12.00 per million tokens). GPT-5.6 Terra accepts more context (1.1 M). GPT-5.6 Terra offers a batch tier at half price for jobs that do not need an immediate answer.
Which is cheaper: GPT-5.6 Terra and Mistral Large 4?
Mistral Large 4 is cheaper: $1.36 per million input tokens and $4.18 per million output tokens, versus $2.00 / $12.00 for GPT-5.6 Terra.
Which has more context: GPT-5.6 Terra and Mistral Large 4?
GPT-5.6 Terra accepts 1.1 M tokens of context; Mistral Large 4 accepts 1 M.
Which is newer: GPT-5.6 Terra and Mistral Large 4?
Mistral Large 4 was released on 10/06/2026; GPT-5.6 Terra on 07/09/2026.
What would 10,000 requests a month cost with GPT-5.6 Terra and Mistral Large 4?
With 1,500 input and 400 output tokens per request: GPT-5.6 Terra: $78.00; Mistral Large 4: $37.12 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.