Mistral Large 3 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
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by Mistral
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by Anthropic
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| Overview | ||
| Status | Current mid tier | Current mid tier |
| Released | Nov 1, 2025 | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.500/Mtok | $3.00/Mtok |
| Output | $1.50/Mtok | $15.00/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $1.00/Mtok | $9.00/Mtok |
| Cached input | — | $0.300/Mtok |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 128K tokens | 200K tokens |
| Parameters | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
text
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textimage
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| Benchmarks from Vellum LLM Leaderboard | ||
| Avg benchmark score | 53.6 | 73.8 |
| Perf / dollar | 53.6 | 8.2 |
| GPQA Diamond | 58 | — |
| SWE-Bench | 35 | — |
| HumanEval | 85 | — |
| MATH 500 | 68 | — |
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
Mistral — $0.500/$1.50/Mtok
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Anthropic — $3.00/$15.00/Mtok
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Cost at scale — 1M tokens (50/50 input/output)
| Volume | Mistral Large 3 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Savings |
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| 1M tokens | $1 | $9 | $8 (88.9%) |
| 10M tokens | $10 | $90 | $80 (88.9%) |
| 100M tokens | $100 | $900 | $800 (88.9%) |
| 1000M tokens | $1000 | $9000 | $8000 (88.9%) |
Summary
Mistral Large 3 by Mistral costs $0.500/Mtok input and $1.50/Mtok output, with a 128K-token context window. It supports text input.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 by Anthropic costs $3.00/Mtok input and $15.00/Mtok output, with a 200K-token context window. It supports text, image input.
On a blended cost basis, Mistral Large 3 is 800% cheaper than Claude Sonnet 4.6.
On benchmarks, Claude Sonnet 4.6 scores higher (73.8 vs 53.6) on average. In terms of value, Mistral Large 3 has better performance per dollar (53.6 vs 8.2).
Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.