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Mistral Large 4

A low-cost large model from Mistral. A good choice when budget is tight but you still want a big model.

Last updated October 16, 2026.

Costs here use the prices AI companies charge software developers, so they show relative cost, not your monthly bill. See what ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini charge you.

Made by Mistral, the company behind Le Chat. Most capable.

What it costs

1,000-word essay: under 1 cent
100 chat messages: $0.87 (about 87 cents)
50-page PDF summary: $0.02 (about 2 cents)

Based on list prices and the assumptions on How we work. Your real cost will differ.

At a glance

Smartness: ★★★☆☆ (3 of 5) (our banding of the Artificial Analysis score, where available)
Reads at once: about 1,570 pages (rule of thumb)
Understands: text, pictures
Free to download and run yourself: No
Free to use: Not free for developers. Free app plans

Best for

tight budgetsgeneral use

Watch out for

Scores lower than the top models on the smartness measure we use.

Frequently asked

How much does Mistral Large 4 cost to use?
A 1,000-word essay costs about under 1 cent; summarizing a 50-page PDF about $0.02 (about 2 cents). These are developer (API) prices, not an app subscription.

What is Mistral Large 4 best for?
A low-cost large model from Mistral. A good choice when budget is tight but you still want a big model.

How much can Mistral Large 4 read at once?
About 1,570 pages (a rule of thumb: 1,048,576 tokens at roughly 500 words a page).

Can I download Mistral Large 4 for free?
No. It is only available through the maker or other paid services.

Under the hood

Maker	Mistral
Price per 1M input tokens	$0.68
Price per 1M output tokens	$2.09
Context size	1.05M tokens (1,048,576)
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index	38.4 (source, via OpenRouter)
Open weights	No
Speed	Not measured yet
Listed	2026-10-06

Maker's description (technical)

Mistral Large 4 is a frontier multimodal (text and image input) model from Mistral AI built for reasoning, coding, and agentic workloads. It offers a 1M-token context window with up...

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