Mistral Large 3 vs Llama 4 Maverick

Mistral Large 3 versus Llama 4 Maverick specifications and price.
metric	Mistral Large 3	Llama 4 Maverick
Input / 1M	$0.50	$0.15
Output / 1M	$1.50	$0.60
Context	262K	1.0M
Cost @ typical workload	$300/mo	$105/mo
Modality	text + image	text + image
Price source	list	routed
Provider	Mistral	Meta

Which should you pick?

On a typical workload, Llama 4 Maverick costs $105/mo against Mistral Large 3's $300/mo — roughly 2.9× cheaper. But the ranking depends on your output-to-input ratio: output is the pricier direction for both, so an output-heavy job (code generation, long answers) widens the gap while an input-heavy one (summarization, retrieval) narrows it. If you need to fit more in a single prompt, Llama 4 Maverick has the larger 1.0M-token window (~1,573 pages).

These are list and routed market prices, not measured outcomes. Two models at the same rate can still cost different amounts to finish the same task, because verbose or reasoning-heavy models emit more tokens. That gap is exactly what measured cost-per-task captures.

Frequently asked questions

Is Mistral Large 3 or Llama 4 Maverick cheaper?

For a typical workload (1,500 input + 500 output tokens × 200,000 requests/month), Llama 4 Maverick costs $105/mo versus $300/mo for Mistral Large 3 — about 2.9× less. Because output is priced higher than input, the winner can flip if your workload writes much more or less than this; check your own numbers in the calculator.

What's the main difference between Mistral Large 3 and Llama 4 Maverick?

On price, Mistral Large 3 is $0.50/$1.50 per 1M (in/out) and Llama 4 Maverick is $0.15/$0.60. Llama 4 Maverick has the larger context window at 1.0M tokens.

More comparisons

Mistral Large 3 and Llama 4 Maverick — full specs and price history.
API cost calculator — compare on your own workload.
All comparisons — the full head-to-head index.