Fugu Max vs Mistral Large 2.1.
model vs model · prices as of
Fugu Max and Mistral Large 2.1 split the 5 rounds this table counts: the two list price rows, the cheapest price we can explain, the standard price and context. The weighting you pick decides the rest.
Sakana AIFugu Max
$12/M tokens
Sakana AI list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $1.56 per 1,000 pages
1M context · tool calling · reads images
Mistral AIMistral Large 2.1
$3/M tokens
cheapest we can explain, at OpenRouter · $0.39 per 1,000 pages
131k context · tool calling · open weights
List price in (lower wins)
$2/M
$2/M
List price out (lower wins)
$6/M
$6/M
Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)
none below list
$3/M at OpenRouter
Standard price (lower wins)
$12/M
$12/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$1.56
$0.39
Context
1M tokens
131k tokens
Open weights
not stated
yes
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
not stated
Reads images
yes
no
Reasoning
yes
no
Released
11 Sept 2026
18 Nov 2024
Providers selling it
9
18
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
no provider to check
not stated
Providers selling both · 6
Kilo Gateway$12 / $3
LLMTR$12 / $3
Nous Portal$12 / $3
OpenRouter$12 / $3
NanoGPT$12 / $12.02
LLM Gateway$12 / $24
Fugu Max then Mistral Large 2.1, per million tokens
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or switch the weighting, in the tool.
What moved in the last seven days
- Mistral Large 2.1Kilo Gateway$2 / $6 $0.50 / $1.5075% cheaper ·
- Mistral Large 2.1
Merge Gateway$0.50 / $1.50 $2 / $6300% dearer · - Mistral Large 2.1Mistral AI$0.50 / $1.50 $2 / $6300% dearer ·
- Mistral Large 2.1Mistral AIMistral AI's list price, in and out per million tokens$0.50 / $1.50 $2 / $6300% dearer ·
- Mistral Large 2.1Nous Portal$2 / $6 $0.50 / $1.5075% cheaper ·
- Mistral Large 2.1OpenRouter$2 / $6 $0.50 / $1.5075% cheaper ·
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Fugu Max or Mistral Large 2.1?
- Mistral Large 2.1, at $3 per million tokens against $12 for Fugu Max, three parts input to one part output, read on 25 Sept 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Fugu Max: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $12 is the number to beat. Mistral Large 2.1: $3 at OpenRouter.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 6 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, LLMTR, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, NanoGPT, LLM Gateway. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
- Which holds more context?
- Fugu Max, at 1M tokens against 131k.
Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 25 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.