Mistral Large vs Mistral Medium 3
Compare Mistral Large and Mistral Medium 3, both from Mistral AI, context windows of 32K vs 131K, tested across 54 shared challenges. Updated May 2026.
Which is better, Mistral Large or Mistral Medium 3?
Mistral Large and Mistral Medium 3 are both competitive models. Mistral Large costs $8/M input tokens vs $0.4/M for Mistral Medium 3. Context windows: 32K vs 131K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between Mistral Large and Mistral Medium 3
Mistral Large is made by mistral while Mistral Medium 3 is from mistral. Mistral Large has a 32K token context window compared to Mistral Medium 3's 131K. On pricing, Mistral Large costs $8/M input tokens vs $0.4/M for Mistral Medium 3.
Per 1M tokens
Mistral Medium 3 is cheaper on both — 20× input, 12× output
No community votes yet. On paper, Mistral Medium 3 has the edge — newer, bigger context window.
Mistral Medium 3 is 12x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Style Comparison
Mistral Large uses 5.1x more emoji
