Best Mistral Large 3 Alternatives
Mistral Large 3 by Mistral is a flagship model priced at $2/5 per 1M tokens (in/out). Looking for a better deal or different capabilities? Here are the best options.
Mistral Large 3
MistralFlagshipInput
$2/1M
Output
$5/1M
Context
128K
Max Output
16K
Why Switch from Mistral Large 3?
Top Alternatives
Comparable performance, 66K max output.
Input
$2/1M
Same price
Output
$16/1M
220% more
Context
200K
Max Output
66K
Higher benchmark scores, 1M context (8x more), 64K max output.
Input
$2/1M
Same price
Output
$12/1M
140% more
Context
1M
Max Output
64K
40% cheaper, 128K max output.
Input
$1/1M
50% cheaper
Output
$3.2/1M
36% cheaper
Context
200K
Max Output
128K
Comparable performance, 66K max output.
Input
$1.75/1M
13% cheaper
Output
$14/1M
180% more
Context
200K
Max Output
66K
Comparable performance, adds audio.
Input
$1.25/1M
38% cheaper
Output
$10/1M
100% more
Context
128K
Max Output
16K
21% cheaper, 100K max output.
Input
$1.1/1M
45% cheaper
Output
$4.4/1M
12% cheaper
Context
200K
Max Output
100K
Comparable performance, 1M context (8x more), 66K max output.
Input
$2/1M
Same price
Output
$12/1M
140% more
Context
1M
Max Output
66K
50% cheaper, 1M context (8x more), 66K max output.
Input
$0.5/1M
75% cheaper
Output
$3/1M
40% cheaper
Context
1M
Max Output
66K
Full Comparison Table
| Model | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Context | MMLU-Pro | HumanEval | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-5.3 CodexOpenAI | $2.00Same price | $16.00220% more | 200K | 90%+7.0% | 96.5%+5.5% | 90 |
| Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle | $2.00Same price | $12.00140% more | 1M | 91%+8.0% | 95%+4.0% | 85 |
| GLM-5Zhipu AI | $1.0050% cheaper | $3.2036% cheaper | 200K | 70.4%-12.6% | 91%Same | 85 |
| GPT-5.2 CodexOpenAI | $1.7513% cheaper | $14.00180% more | 200K | 89%+6.0% | 95.5%+4.5% | 83 |
| GPT-5OpenAI | $1.2538% cheaper | $10.00100% more | 128K | 88.5%+5.5% | 95%+4.0% | 78 |
| o4-miniOpenAI | $1.1045% cheaper | $4.4012% cheaper | 200K | 85%+2.0% | 93.5%+2.5% | 78 |
| Gemini 3 ProGoogle | $2.00Same price | $12.00140% more | 1M | 89.8%+6.8% | 94%+3.0% | 78 |
| Gemini 3 FlashGoogle | $0.5075% cheaper | $3.0040% cheaper | 1M | 78%-5.0% | 90%-1.0% | 78 |
| Grok 4xAI | $3.0050% more | $15.00200% more | 128K | 86%+3.0% | 93%+2.0% | 78 |
| Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic | $5.00150% more | $25.00400% more | 200K | 89.5%+6.5% | 95%+4.0% | 73 |
| GLM-4.7Zhipu AI | $0.6070% cheaper | $2.2056% cheaper | 200K | 84.3%+1.3% | — | 72 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | $3.0050% more | $15.00200% more | 200K | 86%+3.0% | 94%+3.0% | 68 |
| o3OpenAI | $0.4080% cheaper | $1.6068% cheaper | 200K | 87%+4.0% | 94.5%+3.5% | 68 |
| Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle | $0.1593% cheaper | $0.6088% cheaper | 1M | 76%-7.0% | 89.5%-1.5% | 68 |
| DeepSeek R1DeepSeek | $0.5573% cheaper | $2.1956% cheaper | 128K | 84%+1.0% | 92%+1.0% | 66 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic | $0.8060% cheaper | $4.0020% cheaper | 200K | 69.4%-13.6% | 88.1%-2.9% | 64 |
| Mistral Medium 3Mistral | $0.4080% cheaper | $2.0060% cheaper | 128K | 76%-7.0% | 87%-4.0% | 64 |
| Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle | $1.2538% cheaper | $10.00100% more | 1M | 87.5%+4.5% | 93.5%+2.5% | 63 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic | $3.0050% more | $15.00200% more | 200K | 84.5%+1.5% | 93%+2.0% | 60 |
| Llama 4 MaverickMeta | $0.3185% cheaper | $0.8583% cheaper | 1M | 80.5%-2.5% | 90.2%-0.8% | 56 |
| MiniMax M2.5MiniMax | $0.3085% cheaper | $1.2076% cheaper | 200K | 82%-1.0% | 90%-1.0% | 56 |
| GPT-4o MiniOpenAI | $0.1593% cheaper | $0.6088% cheaper | 128K | 68%-15.0% | 87.2%-3.8% | 54 |
| GPT-4oOpenAI | $2.5025% more | $10.00100% more | 128K | 80.5%-2.5% | 91%Same | 50 |
| Llama 4 ScoutMeta | $0.1891% cheaper | $0.6387% cheaper | 10M | 74.2%-8.8% | 86%-5.0% | 48 |
| DeepSeek V3DeepSeek | $0.1493% cheaper | $0.2894% cheaper | 164K | 78%-5.0% | 89%-2.0% | 46 |