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Pixtral 12B vs Llama 4 Maverick

Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities

Pixtral 12B is 73.3% cheaper on blended cost ($0.100 vs $0.375/Mtok)
 
Overview
StatusCurrent open weights Open weights Current open weights Open weights
Released Nov 1, 2024 Apr 6, 2025
Pricing per million tokens
Input $0.100/Mtok $0.150/Mtok
Output $0.100/Mtok $0.600/Mtok
Blended avg $0.100/Mtok $0.375/Mtok
Specifications
Context window 128K tokens 1M tokens
Parameters 12B 17B (128 experts)
Speed (TPS)
Modalities
Input
textimage
textimage
Providers
Available from
Mistral — $0.100/$0.100/Mtok
DeepInfra — $0.150/$0.600/Mtok

Cost at scale — 1M tokens (50/50 input/output)

VolumePixtral 12BLlama 4 MaverickSavings
1M tokens $0.1 $0.38 $0.28 (74.7%)
10M tokens $1 $3.75 $2.75 (73.3%)
100M tokens $10 $37.5 $27.5 (73.3%)
1000M tokens $100 $375 $275 (73.3%)

Summary

Pixtral 12B by Mistral costs $0.100/Mtok input and $0.100/Mtok output, with a 128K-token context window. It supports text, image input.

Llama 4 Maverick by DeepInfra costs $0.150/Mtok input and $0.600/Mtok output, with a 1M-token context window. It supports text, image input.

On a blended cost basis, Pixtral 12B is 73.3% cheaper than Llama 4 Maverick.

Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.