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Mistral Large 3

Balanced

Mistral's open-weight flagship — a capable European generalist at a fair price.

Mistral
Maker
80/100
Overall
70
Value score
$0.80
Blended /1M
262K
Context
Open
Weights
Pricing: $0.50 in · $1.50 out / 1M tokens · synced from OpenRouter · updated 2026-06-22

Scorecard

Output Quality8.0/10 · 72% community
Agentic Ability7.8/10 · 72% community
Speed8.0/10 · 72% community
Value for $8.9/10 · 77% community
Reliability8.6/10 · 75% community

Mistral Large 3 (2512) is Mistral's open-weight flagship: a well-rounded generalist with a 262K context and EU-based provenance that matters for some compliance needs. A dependable choice for general agent work.

Strengths
  • Open weights
  • Solid generalist
  • EU provenance
Trade-offs
  • Below the very top models
  • Less agent-community momentum than GLM/Qwen

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Mistral Large 3 FAQ

Is Mistral Large 3 good for AI agents?
General-purpose open-weight agent work, especially in the EU. On our editorial scoring it rates 7.8/10 for agentic ability and 8.0/10 for output quality. Open weights.
How much does Mistral Large 3 cost?
Via OpenRouter, Mistral Large 3 is priced at $0.50 in · $1.50 out / 1M tokens — a blended rate of about $0.80 per 1M tokens for typical input-heavy agent use.
What is Mistral Large 3's context window?
Mistral Large 3 has a 262K-token context window. Mistral is the maker.
Is Mistral Large 3 open source?
Yes — Mistral Large 3 ships with open weights, so you can self-host it for privacy or run it through a hosted provider like OpenRouter. That openness is a big reason it's popular in open agent stacks.
What are the downsides of Mistral Large 3?
The main trade-offs: below the very top models; less agent-community momentum than glm/qwen. It's strongest for general-purpose open-weight agent work, especially in the eu.

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