Mistral Large 4 vs Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)
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Data updated on November 14, 2026· 230 models
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
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, a.k.a.
- Reasoning estimated
- Speed estimated
- ▲
- Input
- Output
- Context
- 33 K tokens
- Max output
- 8 K
- Input, $ per 1M tokens
- ▲$0.300
- Output, $ per 1M tokens
- $2.50
- Cache read, $ per 1M
- $0.030
- Batch (input / output)
- —
- Tool calling
- No
- Released
- 08/26/2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2024-06
- API id
- google/gemini-2.5-flash-image
Which is the better API choice: Mistral Large 4 vs Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)?
- Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image): cheapest input (57% less than Mistral Large 4)
- Mistral Large 4: cheapest output
- Mistral Large 4: largest context (1 M)
- Mistral Large 4: the newest (10/06/2026)
- Mistral Large 4: most reasoning (estimated)
- Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image): the fastest (estimated)
Pricing is split: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) wins on input and Mistral Large 4 wins on output. Mistral Large 4 accepts more context (1 M). On capabilities, Mistral Large 4 has a reasoning mode.
What would your product cost?
Estimate the monthly cost with your app's real volume. List prices, no cache or batch discounts.
With Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) you save $4.40 a month versus Mistral Large 4 (23% less).
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Which is the better API choice: Mistral Large 4 vs Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)?
Pricing is split: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) wins on input and Mistral Large 4 wins on output. Mistral Large 4 accepts more context (1 M). On capabilities, Mistral Large 4 has a reasoning mode.
Which is cheaper: Mistral Large 4 and Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)?
Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) is cheaper: $0.300 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens, versus $0.700 / $2.10 for Mistral Large 4.
Which has more context: Mistral Large 4 and Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)?
Mistral Large 4 accepts 1 M tokens of context; Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) accepts 33 K.
Which is newer: Mistral Large 4 and Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)?
Mistral Large 4 was released on 10/06/2026; Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) on 08/26/2025.
What would 10,000 requests a month cost with Mistral Large 4 and Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)?
With 1,500 input and 400 output tokens per request: Mistral Large 4: $18.90; Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image): $14.50 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.