AI model comparison
Mistral Large 3 2512 vs Llama 4 Maverick
Pricing, context window, benchmarks, and features compared side by side. Or skip the guesswork and send one prompt to both.
Mistral
Mistral Large 3 2512
Mistral Large 3 2512 is Mistral’s most capable model to date, featuring a sparse mixture-of-experts architecture with 41B active parameters (675B total), and released under the Apache 2.0 license.
- Input / 1M
- $0.50
- Output / 1M
- $1.50
- Context
- 262K
Meta
Llama 4 Maverick
Llama 4 Maverick 17B Instruct (128E) is a high-capacity multimodal language model from Meta, built on a mixture-of-experts (MoE) architecture with 128 experts and 17 billion active parameters per forward
- Input / 1M
- $0.19
- Output / 1M
- $0.65
- Context
- 1.05M
At a glance
Quick verdict
How the two models stack up on the things people ask about most.
Lower price
Llama 4 Maverick
2.5x cheaper for a typical chat
Higher intelligence score
Tie
9.3 vs 9.3 on Artificial Analysis
Larger context window
Llama 4 Maverick
1.05M vs 262K tokens
Newer release
Mistral Large 3 2512
Released December 1, 2025
Benchmarks
Benchmark scores
Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.
Intelligence index
Mistral Large 3 25129.3Coding index
Mistral Large 3 251220.1Agentic index
Mistral Large 3 25121Pricing
Mistral Large 3 2512 vs Llama 4 Maverick API pricing
Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.
| Metric | Mistral Large 3 2512 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input tokensPer 1M tokens | $0.50 | $0.19 |
| Output tokensPer 1M tokens | $1.50 | $0.65 |
| Cached input (read)Per 1M tokens | $0.05 | $0.05 |
| Cache writePer 1M tokens | Not available | Not available |
What it costs in practice
Estimated cost per 1,000 requests at standard rates. Coding and long-document figures also show the cost when the input is already cached.
Chat message
2K in, 500 out
Mistral Large 3 2512$1.75Coding task
30K in, 4K out
Mistral Large 3 2512$21$7.50 cachedLong document summary
150K in, 2K out
Mistral Large 3 2512$78$10.50 cachedSpecs
Context window and capabilities
How much each model can read, how much it can write, and what it accepts as input.
| Metric | Mistral Large 3 2512 | |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 262K tokens | 1.05M tokens |
| Max output | 210K tokens | 16K tokens |
| Input types | File, Image, Text | Image, Text |
| Output types | Text | Text |
| Reasoning effort levels | Not available | Not available |
| Default reasoning effort | Not available | Not available |
| Release date | December 1, 2025 | April 5, 2025 |
Features
Supported features
API features available for each model.
| Metric | Mistral Large 3 2512 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tool calling | Supported | Supported |
| Structured outputs | Supported | Supported |
| JSON mode | Supported | Supported |
| Reasoning | Not supported | Not supported |
| Temperature | Supported | Supported |
| Stop sequences | Supported | Supported |
| Deterministic seed | Supported | Supported |
| Verbosity control | Not supported | Not supported |
Keep exploring
More on these models
Other head-to-heads, the full model page, and the alternatives list for each model.
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Our take
Llama 4 Maverick is 2.5x cheaper for a typical chat. Llama 4 Maverick has the larger context window (1.05M vs 262K tokens). The right pick depends on your workload, so the quickest way to settle it is to send the same prompt to both and compare.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Large 3 2512 or Llama 4 Maverick cheaper?
Llama 4 Maverick is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). Llama 4 Maverick costs $0.19 per 1M input tokens and $0.65 per 1M output tokens, while Mistral Large 3 2512 costs $0.50 per 1M input tokens and $1.50 per 1M output tokens.
Which has a bigger context window, Mistral Large 3 2512 or Llama 4 Maverick?
Llama 4 Maverick supports up to 1.05M tokens of context, compared with 262K for Mistral Large 3 2512.
Is Mistral Large 3 2512 smarter than Llama 4 Maverick?
On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Mistral Large 3 2512 scores 9.3 and Llama 4 Maverick scores 9.3, putting Mistral Large 3 2512 ahead. Benchmarks don't capture everything, so the best test is running your own prompts through both.
Can I use Mistral Large 3 2512 and Llama 4 Maverick at the same time?
Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see Mistral Large 3 2512 and Llama 4 Maverick answer side by side and keep the better response.
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Send one prompt to Mistral Large 3 2512 and Llama 4 Maverick at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.