Magistral Small vs Mistral Large 3.
model vs model · prices as of
Magistral Small and Mistral Large 3 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.
Mistral AIMagistral Small
$1.05/M tokens
cheapest we can explain, at Eden AI · $0.126 per 1,000 pages
128k context · tool calling · open weights
Mistral AIMistral Large 3
$3/M tokens
Mistral AI list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.39 per 1,000 pages
262k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights
List price in (lower wins)
$0.50/M
$0.50/M
List price out (lower wins)
$1.50/M
$1.50/M
Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)
$1.05/M at Eden AI
none below list
Standard price (lower wins)
$3/M
$3/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.126
$0.39
Context
128k tokens
262k tokens
Open weights
yes
yes
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
not stated
not stated
Reads images
no
yes
Reasoning
yes
no
Released
17 Mar 2025
1 Nov 2024
Providers selling it
6
17
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not stated
no provider to check
Providers selling both · 4
LLMTR$3 / $3- Mistral AI$3 / $3
io.net Intelligence$3 / $12
Eden AI$1.05 / $24
Magistral Small then Mistral Large 3, per million tokens
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Add a third or fourth model, or switch the weighting, in the tool.
What moved in the last seven days
- Mistral Large 3
Cortecs$0.58 / $1.73 $0.63 / $1.9010% dearer · - Mistral Large 3
Nous Portal$0.40 / $1.20 $0.50 / $1.5025% dearer ·
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Magistral Small or Mistral Large 3?
- Magistral Small, at $1.05 per million tokens against $3 for Mistral Large 3, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Magistral Small: $1.05 at Eden AI. Mistral Large 3: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $3 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 4 providers sell both: LLMTR, Mistral AI, io.net Intelligence, Eden AI. The cheapest of them for the two together is LLMTR.
- Which holds more context?
- Mistral Large 3, at 262k tokens against 128k.
Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 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.