Mistral Large 3 2512 vs Mistral Medium 3.1
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Data updated on September 30, 2026· 217 models
Mistral Large 3 2512 is Mistral’s most capable model to date, featuring a sparse mixture-of-experts architecture with 41B active parameters (675B total), and released under the Apache 2.0 license.
- Reasoning estimated
- ▲
- Speed estimated
- Input
- Output
- Context
- ▲262 K tokens
- Max output
- ▲210 K
- Input, $ per 1M tokens
- $0.500
- Output, $ per 1M tokens
- ▲$1.50
- Cache read, $ per 1M
- $0.050
- Batch (input / output)
- $0.250 / $0.750
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Released
- ▲12/02/2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2024-11
- API id
- mistralai/mistral-large-2512
Mistral Medium 3.1 is an updated version of Mistral Medium 3, which is a high-performance enterprise-grade language model designed to deliver frontier-level capabilities at significantly reduced operational cost.
- Reasoning estimated
- Speed estimated
- ▲
- Input
- Output
- Context
- 131 K tokens
- Max output
- 105 K
- Input, $ per 1M tokens
- ▲$0.400
- Output, $ per 1M tokens
- $2.00
- Cache read, $ per 1M
- $0.040
- Batch (input / output)
- $0.200 / $1.00
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Released
- 08/13/2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- —
- API id
- mistralai/mistral-medium-3.1
Which is the better API choice: Mistral Large 3 2512 vs Mistral Medium 3.1?
- Mistral Medium 3.1: cheapest input (20% less than Mistral Large 3 2512)
- Mistral Large 3 2512: cheapest output
- Mistral Large 3 2512: largest context (262 K)
- Mistral Large 3 2512: the newest (12/02/2025)
- Mistral Large 3 2512: most reasoning (estimated)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: the fastest (estimated)
Pricing is split: Mistral Medium 3.1 wins on input and Mistral Large 3 2512 wins on output. Mistral Large 3 2512 accepts more context (262 K). Mistral Large 3 2512 and Mistral Medium 3.1 offer 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 3 2512 you save $0.50 a month versus Mistral Medium 3.1 (4% 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 3 2512 Mistral$0.038
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Frequently asked questions
Which is the better API choice: Mistral Large 3 2512 vs Mistral Medium 3.1?
Pricing is split: Mistral Medium 3.1 wins on input and Mistral Large 3 2512 wins on output. Mistral Large 3 2512 accepts more context (262 K). Mistral Large 3 2512 and Mistral Medium 3.1 offer a batch tier at half price for jobs that do not need an immediate answer.
Which is cheaper: Mistral Large 3 2512 and Mistral Medium 3.1?
Mistral Medium 3.1 is cheaper: $0.400 per million input tokens and $2.00 per million output tokens, versus $0.500 / $1.50 for Mistral Large 3 2512.
Which has more context: Mistral Large 3 2512 and Mistral Medium 3.1?
Mistral Large 3 2512 accepts 262 K tokens of context; Mistral Medium 3.1 accepts 131 K.
Which is newer: Mistral Large 3 2512 and Mistral Medium 3.1?
Mistral Large 3 2512 was released on 12/02/2025; Mistral Medium 3.1 on 08/13/2025.
What would 10,000 requests a month cost with Mistral Large 3 2512 and Mistral Medium 3.1?
With 1,500 input and 400 output tokens per request: Mistral Large 3 2512: $13.50; Mistral Medium 3.1: $14.00 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.