Mistral Large 3 2512 is the newer model, released after Claude Sonnet 4.5.
| Spec | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Mistral Large 3 2512 |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $3/M tokens | — |
| Output price | $15/M tokens | — |
| Context window | 200K tokens | — |
| Weights | Closed | Open |
| Free API (OpenRouter) | No | No |
| Released | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 |
Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Mistral Large 3 2512 has the edge: bigger model tier, newer.
Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 8 Sep 2026.
Claude Sonnet 4.5 uses 4.8x more sentence length