Mistral Large 3 — Specifiche
Compiled by Mustafa Ihsan from the vendor’s published documentation · Last updated
| Sviluppatore | Mistral AI |
|---|---|
| Tipo | LLM (MoE) |
| Modalità | Testo → Testo |
| Parametri | 675 miliardi totali / 41 miliardi attivi (MoE) |
| Finestra contestuale | 256K |
| Licenza | Apache 2.0 (open) |
| Pesi aperti | Sì |
| Pubblicato | 2025 |
| Prezzo dell’input | $2.00 /1M |
| Prezzo dell’output | $6.00 /1M |
| Provider API | Mistral, OpenRouter |
Esegui localmente
| VRAM (4-bit) | ~400 GB |
|---|---|
| GPU minima | Server multi-GPU |
What is Mistral Large 3?
Mistral Large 3 marks the company’s return to fully open licensing — a 675B
mixture-of-experts activating 41B parameters per token, released under Apache 2.0 with a 256K
context. Pricing is $2 in / $6 out per million tokens.
Apache 2.0 at this scale is the headline. Most large open models carry either a custom
community licence with conditions attached (Llama 4’s EU restriction being the obvious
example) or a modified MIT. Apache 2.0 is unambiguous, permissive, patent-granting and
already approved inside most legal departments, which removes the review cycle that stalls
open-model adoption in enterprises. Combined with European provenance, that makes Large 3 a
straightforward choice for organisations with data-governance requirements that rule out
other options. The 3:1 output-to-input ratio is also gentler than most frontier models,
making generation-heavy workloads relatively less punishing. Self-hosting needs around 400 GB
at 4-bit, so the licence buys portability and auditability rather than a workstation
deployment.
Mistral Large 3 pricing: API cost per 1M tokens
| Input (per ogni milione di token) | $2.00 |
|---|---|
| Output (per ogni milione di token) | $6.00 |
| Rapporto output/input | 3× |
| Combinato (4:1 in:out) | $2.80 per 1 milione di token |
What Mistral Large 3 costs per month
Spesa mensile reale con un mix input-to-output 4:1 — il rapporto effettivamente prodotto da un tipico carico di lavoro basato su chat o RAG.
| Carico di lavoro | Token/mese | Costo/mese |
|---|---|---|
| Progetto secondario | 1 milione in ingresso / 0,25 milioni in uscita | $3.50 |
| Piccolo team | 20 milioni in ingresso / 5 milioni in uscita | $70 |
| Produzione | 200 milioni in ingresso / 50 milioni in uscita | $700 |
Calcola i tuoi numeri personalizzati nel Calcolatore dei costi delle API per l'IA.
Cheaper alternatives to Mistral Large 3
| Modello | Costo combinato ($/1 milione) | Risparmi |
|---|---|---|
| GLM 5.2 aperta | $2.00 | 29% più economico |
| DeepSeek V4-Pro aperta | $0.522 | 81% cheaper |
| Kimi K2.7 Code aperta | $0.980 | 65% più economico |
Eseguirlo in autonomia o pagare l’API?
Mistral Large 3 is open-weight, so you can run it yourself. It needs ~400 GB of VRAM at 4-bit (Multi-GPU server). Self-hosting only beats the API once your volume is high enough to keep that hardware busy — the calcolatore self-hosting vs API calcola il punto di pareggio in base al tuo volume di token.
Domande frequenti
How much does Mistral Large 3 cost per 1M tokens?
Mistral Large 3 costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $6.00 per 1M output tokens. At a typical 4:1 input-to-output mix that blends to about $2.80 per 1M tokens.
How much does Mistral Large 3 cost per month?
A small-team workload of 20M input and 5M output tokens a month costs about $70 on Mistral Large 3. A side project (1M in / 0.25M out) costs roughly $3.50.
What is a cheaper alternative to Mistral Large 3?
GLM 5.2 is the strongest cheaper option in our database at $2.00 per 1M blended — about 29% less than Mistral Large 3. It is also open-weight, so self-hosting is an option.
Can I run Mistral Large 3 locally?
Yes. Mistral Large 3 is open-weight and needs about ~400 GB of VRAM at 4-bit quantisation (Multi-GPU server).
Why does Mistral Large 3 charge more for output than input?
Output tokens are generated one at a time and cannot be batched the way a prompt can, so they cost the provider more to serve. Mistral Large 3 charges 3× more for output, which is why prompt-heavy workloads are far cheaper to run than generation-heavy ones.
I prezzi indicati sono le tariffe ufficiali pubblicate per l'API principale del modello e vengono aggiornati man mano che i fornitori li modificano. Sconti per volumi elevati, elaborazione batch e input memorizzati nella cache non sono inclusi. Confronta tutti i modelli fianco a fianco nel Database di modelli IA o il Classifica LLM.