Is Mistral Large 3 deprecated or retired?

Yes. Mistral Large 3 is Deprecated per Mistral's own deprecation notice and shuts down on 2027-04-30. ModelPriceWatch last re-verified this status on 2026-11-02.

When does Mistral Large 3 shut down?

Mistral has announced Mistral Large 3 shuts down on 2027-04-30. It remains purchasable until then, but new work should target a current model.

Is Mistral Large 3 deprecated?

Mistral · lifecycle status verified Nov 2, 2026 against the provider's own page.

Yes — Mistral Large 3 is deprecated and shuts down Apr 30, 2027. Still purchasable until then, but Mistral has announced end-of-life. Don't start new work on it.

Last verified pricing

historical reference — not a buy recommendation

Mistral Large 3 was last priced at $0.500 per 1M input tokens and $1.50 per 1M output tokens, with a 262K-token context window. Its benchmark average was 53.6 on the blend we track. Full history stays on the Mistral Large 3 model page.

What replaced Mistral Large 3?

successor named by Mistral

Mistral's named successorfrom the deprecation notice — not our inference

Model	Input $/M	Output $/M	Context
Mistral Large 3 Deprecated	$0.500	$1.50	262K
Mistral Large 4	$0.700	$2.10	1M	details →

Same benchmark score or better, for less

computed from live prices + benchmark averages

Cheaper equivalentsscore ≥ 53.6 on the benchmark blend, ranked by blended cost ((3×input + 1×output) ÷ 4)

Model	Benchmark	Blended $/M	Input $/M	Output $/M
Mistral Large 3 Deprecated	53.6	$0.750	$0.500	$1.50
DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepInfra cheapest	77.5	$0.090	$0.060	$0.180	details →

"Equivalent" here means the model's benchmark average is at or above Mistral Large 3's 53.6. Benchmarks compress real quality differences — validate on your own workload before switching. Model your exact token mix in the migration calculator.

Migrating off Mistral Large 3? The migration calculator compares your exact input/output token mix against every current model we track, with benchmark tradeoffs. Lifecycle data on this page comes from Mistral's own page and was last re-verified on Nov 2, 2026. See all retired & deprecated models.