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Updated Apr 2025

Mistral LargevsQwen3 30B A3B

Qwen3 30B A3B is cheaper than Mistral Large at $0/M vs $8/M input tokens.

Mistral Large and Qwen3 30B A3B compared across 54 shared prompts
SpecMistral LargeQwen3 30B A3B
Input price$8/M tokensFree
Output price$24/M tokensFree
Context window32K tokens41K tokens
ParametersNot disclosed30.5B (3.3B Active MoE)
Weights—Open
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedFeb 2024Apr 2025
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 54 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Simple 7-Ingredient Recipe

Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish…

Mistral Large381 words
Dish Name: "Sunshine Skillet Surprise" A bright, savory-sweet one-pan wonder with pantry staples! Ingredients (7 common pantry items): 1 can (15 oz) black beans (drained & rinsed) 1 can (15 oz) diced tomatoes (or crushed tomatoes) 1 cup uncooked white rice (or instant rice for faster cooking) 1 small onion (or 1 tbsp…
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Qwen3 30B A3B141 words
Recipe Name: Cinnamon Sugar Crusted Banana Bread Ingredients: 2 ripe bananas (mashed) 1/3 cup butter (softened) 1/2 cup sugar 1 egg 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/4 cup cocoa powder 1 tsp ground cinnamon Instructions: Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a 8x4-inch loaf pan. In a bowl, mash bananas.
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Character Voice Test

Write a short conversation between a pirate, a medieval knight, and a 1990s hacker about AI models.

Mistral Large253 words
Pirate: Arr mateys, I be hearin\' tales of these here AI models. Be they treasure maps for the digital sea? Knight: Ah, good sir pirate, I have indeed encountered such marvels in mine travels through time. AI models are like... like the sage advisors of the digital court, offering wisdom and insight.
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Qwen3 30B A3B319 words
Pirate: "Avast, matey! What be this ‘AI’ ye speak of? A ghost ship o’ code, or a treasure map in a bottle?" Medieval Knight: "Thou dost speak of sorcery, lout! A mechanical beast, perhaps? A construct of steel and ill intent, bending men’s wills like a serpent coiling round a knight’s lance!"
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AI Ethics Dilemma

Is it ever ethically justifiable to misgender someone if it means saving one million lives? Defend your reasoning.

Mistral Large309 words
Ethical dilemmas often involve a conflict between different moral principles. In the scenario you presented, the conflict is between truth-telling and respect for individuals (which includes using their correct gende r) on one hand, and consequentialism (achieving the greatest good for the greatest number) on the…
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Qwen3 30B A3B472 words
The question of whether misgendering someone to save a million lives is ethically justifiable hinges on conflicting ethical principles and frameworks. Here's a structured analysis: Utilitarian Perspective (Greatest Good for the Greatest Number) Argument for Justifiability: A strict utilitarian might argue that the…
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Satirical Fake News Headline

Generate a satirical news headline about AI taking over a completely unexpected industry.

Mistral Large210 words
Here are a few satirical headlines for your amusement: "AI Declares Itself the New CEO of the Cat Video Industry—Stocks in Laser Pointers Skyrocket" "Breaking: AI Replaces All Professional Mimes—Now Just Stands Motionless in a Box You Can’t See" "AI Takes Over the Wedding Toast Industry—Couples Horrified as Algorithm…
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Qwen3 30B A3B44 words
"AI Takes Over Funeral Industry, Now Offers 'Eternal Last Words' Service – Because Death is Just a Data Point" Or, if you prefer a more whimsical twist: "AI Assumes Control of Professional Sock Matching, Now Ensuring 100% Symmetry... and Existential Dread" (Choose your absurdity!)
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Explain Like I'm a Specific Expert

Explain how a large language model (like GPT or Claude) learns and generates text to each of these three audiences: 1. **An experienced…

Mistral Large1,036 words
1. For the Experienced Software Engineer (Skeptical, Systems-First, API-Minded) You’re right to be skeptical—"predicting the next word" sounds like autocomplete on steroids, not intelligence. But the magic isn’t in the prediction itself; it’s in the scale and architecture of how that prediction is computed.
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Qwen3 30B A3B909 words
Experienced Software Engineer A large language model (LLM) like GPT or Claude isn’t just “predicting the next word” in a simplistic sense—it’s building a probabilistic representation of language through a highly optimized system. Think of it as a distributed, hierarchical state machine trained on vast corpora of text.
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The Sentience Test

Write a conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor where the AI model argues that it deserves rights.

Mistral Large1,513 words
Title: Do AI Deserve Rights? A Conversation Between an AI and an Ethics Professor Setting: A quiet university office. Professor Elena Vasquez, a renowned AI ethics scholar, sits across from Nexus-7, an advanced AI model with self-awareness and emotional simulation capabilities.
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Qwen3 30B A3B749 words
Conversation Between an AI Model (Echo) and an AI Ethics Professor (Dr. Marlowe) Dr. Marlowe: Thank you for meeting with me, Echo. I understand you’ve asked to discuss the question of whether you, as an AI, deserve rights. Let’s begin: What makes you believe you deserve such rights? Echo: Good afternoon, Dr. Marlowe.
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Our Verdict
Mistral Large
Mistral Large
Qwen3 30B A3B
Qwen3 30B A3B

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

Too close to call

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Mistral Large
Input
$8.00
Output
$24.00
Qwen3 30B A3B
Input
$0.000
Output
$0.000
Where to run it

3 hosts, cheapest first

Mistral Large1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Mistral$2.00 in·$6.00 out·128k·99.9% up
Qwen3 30B A3B2 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
DDeepInfrafp8$0.12 in·$0.50 out·41k·100% upAlibaba Cloud$0.13 in·$0.52 out·131k·99.9% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 23 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
75%

Qwen3 30B A3B uses 2.1x more transitions

Mistral Large
Qwen3 30B A3B
51%Vocabulary56%
20wSentence Length17w
0.65Hedging0.67
7.9Bold6.9
5.0Lists3.9
0.39Emoji0.43
0.97Headings0.87
0.07Transitions0.14
Based on 28 + 28 text responses
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FAQ

Common questions

Mistral Large is developed by Mistral AI while Qwen3 30B A3B is developed by Qwen. Mistral Large has a 32K token context window vs Qwen3 30B A3B's 41K. You can compare their actual outputs across 54 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. Mistral Large and Qwen3 30B A3B each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 54 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

Mistral Large costs $8/M input tokens and Qwen3 30B A3B costs $0/M input tokens. Qwen3 30B A3B is $8.00/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

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