Mistral Large 4 benchmarks, pricing and specs
Mistral Large 4 is a Mistral AI model released on October 6, 2026 that takes text and image input and produces text. It costs $1.36 per 1M input tokens and $4.18 per 1M output tokens and accepts up to 1,000,000 tokens of context. It scores 1429 Elo on Arena Text, #34 of 39 current models (Arena, measured October 8, 2026).
- Per 1M input tokens
- $1.36
- Per 1M output tokens
- $4.18
- Context window
- 1M
- Arena Text
- 1429 Elo · #34/39
Data verified October 12, 2026 · Dataset 2026-10-12
Key facts
- Provider
- Mistral AI
- Model family
- Mistral Large 4
- Release date
- October 6, 2026
- Status
- Current
- Access
- API only
- API model id
- mistral-large-4-0
- Context window
- 1,000,000 tokens
- Max output
- Not reported
- Input
- text, image
- Output
- text
- Task families
- text, multimodal
- Declared capabilities
- reasoning
Mistral Large 4 pricing
It is the #15 cheapest of 37 current text models priced per 1M input tokens.
Independent benchmark results
Scores come from independent evaluators that ran the model themselves, pinned to a dated snapshot. Rank is among current models in the same snapshot. Mistral AI's own launch figures are listed under strengths with the publisher named, because they are not measured the same way.
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Measured | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena Text | 1429 Elo | #34 of 39 | October 8, 2026 | Arena · 2026-10-12 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 20% | #32 of 34 | October 12, 2026 | Epoch AI · 2026-10-12 |
Strengths, cautions and best uses
Strengths
- A natively multimodal mixture-of-experts model with 1.05 trillion total and 52 billion active parameters, a 1.6B vision encoder and a 1M-token context window
- Mistral reports fluency in more than 160 languages, including every official EU language, and serves the preview from European data centres
- Mistral says open weights follow by the end of October 2026, which would make it one of the largest open-weight models available
Cautions
- This is a public preview: Mistral says the reinforcement learning run is still in flight and the model will keep changing
- Weights and their licence were not published at the time of this update, so it is recorded as API-only
- Mistral offered a temporary 50% launch discount; the recorded rates are the list prices
- Epoch AI measured 20.0% on SimpleQA Verified, low for its size, so check factual recall on your own questions
Best for
- European data-residency workloads that want a frontier-scale multimodal model
- Teams planning to self-host once the open weights ship
Alternatives to Mistral Large 4
The closest current textmodels by price. The cheapest model that scores as well or better is listed first; failing that, the cheapest one within 3% of the benchmark's scale.
Cheaper, same or higher score
GPT-6 Luna
- 93% cheaper per 1M input tokens, $0.10 vs $1.36
- 14 points higher on Arena Text, 1443 vs 1429
- From OpenAI
Grok 4.20
- 8% cheaper per 1M input tokens, $1.25 vs $1.36
- 43 points higher on Arena Text, 1472 vs 1429
- From xAI
Grok 4.3
- 8% cheaper per 1M input tokens, $1.25 vs $1.36
- 13 points higher on Arena Text, 1442 vs 1429
- From xAI
Muse Spark 1.3
- 8% cheaper per 1M input tokens, $1.25 vs $1.36
- 65 points higher on Arena Text, 1494 vs 1429
- From Meta
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Mistral Large 4 FAQ
How much does Mistral Large 4 cost?
Mistral Large 4 costs $1.36 per 1M input tokens and $4.18 per 1M output tokens at the standard tier. It is the #15 cheapest of 37 current text models priced per 1M input tokens. Source: Mistral AI, verified October 12, 2026.
What is the context window of Mistral Large 4?
Mistral Large 4 accepts up to 1,000,000 tokens of context. That ranks #24 of 44 current text models by context length.
How does Mistral Large 4 score on independent benchmarks?
Mistral Large 4 scores 1429 Elo on Arena Text, #34 of 39 current models (Arena, measured October 8, 2026) and 20% on SimpleQA Verified, #32 of 34 current models (Epoch AI, measured October 12, 2026). These are independent evaluations, not Mistral AI's own launch figures.
Is Mistral Large 4 open source or API only?
Mistral Large 4 is available through Mistral AI's API only; its weights are not published.
What are the best alternatives to Mistral Large 4?
The closest current alternatives by price and measured performance are GPT-6 Luna (93% cheaper per 1M input tokens, $0.10 vs $1.36), Grok 4.20 (8% cheaper per 1M input tokens, $1.25 vs $1.36), Grok 4.3 (8% cheaper per 1M input tokens, $1.25 vs $1.36) and Muse Spark 1.3 (8% cheaper per 1M input tokens, $1.25 vs $1.36).
Sources
- Introducing Mistral Large 4 · Mistral AI · official · verified October 12, 2026
- Mistral Large 4 model card · Mistral AI · official · verified October 12, 2026
- Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub data (benchmark_data.zip) · Epoch AI · independent · verified October 12, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0
- Arena leaderboard dataset (lmarena-ai/leaderboard-dataset) · Arena · independent · verified October 12, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0
Cite this page
Van Data Team. "Mistral Large 4 Benchmarks, Pricing and Specs." AI Model Benchmark Dataset 2026-10-12. https://vandatateam.com/ai-model-benchmarks/mistral-large-4
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