Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 3 or Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking?

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking, 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?

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. Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking: $1.05 at Fireworks AI.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 5 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, TrustedRouter, Eden AI. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.

Which holds more context?

Both hold 262k tokens in one call.

Mistral Large 3 vs Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking takes 2 of 5 rounds against Mistral Large 3. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $1.05 per million tokens against $3.

Mistral AI

Mistral 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

Alibaba Cloudwins 2 rounds

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking

$1.05/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Fireworks AI · $0.126 per 1,000 pages

262k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights

Fireworks AI ↗

List price in (lower wins)

$0.50/M

$0.20/M

List price out (lower wins)

$1.50/M

$2.40/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

none below list

$1.05/M at Fireworks AI

Standard price (lower wins)

$3/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.39

$0.126

Context

262k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

not stated

yes

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

yes

Released

1 Nov 2024

6 Oct 2025

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

no provider to check

not stated

Providers selling both · 5

Kilo Gateway$3 / $3
Nous Portal$3 / $3
OpenRouter$3 / $3
TrustedRouter$3.17 / $3.17
Eden AI$24 / $1.95

Mistral Large 3 then Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking, per million tokens

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What moved in the last seven days

Mistral Large 3Cortecs$0.58 / $1.73 $0.63 / $1.9010% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Mistral Large 3Nous Portal$0.40 / $1.20 $0.50 / $1.5025% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingNous Portal$0.16 / $1.92 $0.20 / $2.4025% dearer · 16 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 3 or Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking?: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking, 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?: 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. Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking: $1.05 at Fireworks AI.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 5 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, TrustedRouter, Eden AI. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
Which holds more context?: Both hold 262k tokens in one call.

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.