Mistral Large 3
Mistral
- Endpoint
- —
- Model parameter
- —
- Canonical ID
- mistral-large-2512
See the model page for a full documentation-style example request and the citation it derives from.
Side-by-side reference
Mistral Large 3 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6
Two-sided verified comparison: Mistral's current Large-tier flagship (Mistral Large 3, v25.12) and Anthropic's current Sonnet model (Claude Sonnet 4.6). Both sides are verified end-to-end from primary vendor documentation. This page does not declare a winner.
Data freshness: last checked 8 d ago · updated 2026-05-21
At a glance
Attributes
| Attribute | Mistral Large 3 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral | Anthropic |
| Snapshot date | Data not yet verified. | Data not yet verified. |
| Context window (tokens) | 256,000src | 1,000,000src |
| Max output (tokens) | Data not yet verified. | 64,000src |
| Modality | Data not yet verified. | text-in, image-in, text-outsrc |
| Lifecycle | activesrc | activesrc |
This table compares verified attributes only; cells with no verified value display the canonical unverified-data label. WebmasterID Models does not declare a winner.
Reference
First-party pricing references
Per-unit rates published by each model's creator on their own first-party API. Rows are source-backed references, not live quotes. Hosted-provider references (Groq, Together) render separately below where available.
Pricing is volatile and may change after retrieval. Treat prices as source-backed references, not live quotes. Prices are shown as source-backed references only. WebmasterID Models does not rank models or billing providers by price.
Capability
Benchmarks
Mistral Large 3
Data not yet verified.Claude Sonnet 4.6
Data not yet verified.Where to use
Use cases
- European-hosted serving (Mistral) versus US-hosted serving (Anthropic)
- Open-weights vs closed-weights flagship reasoning
- Agentic coding workflows
API surface
API usage differences
Endpoint shape, model parameter position, and request body conventions for each provider. Shown for reference, not as a recommendation.
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic
- Endpoint
- POST https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages
- Model parameter
- JSON body `model` field
- Canonical ID
- claude-sonnet-4-6
See the model page for a full documentation-style example request and the citation it derives from.
Caveats
Limitations of this comparison
- Mistral Large 3's max output tokens and explicit modality channel list are not stated on the spec card — those fields remain null on its model record.
- Pricing units are directly comparable for base input/output between the two sides; Anthropic publishes additional cache/batch rows that Mistral's spec card does not.
- WebmasterID Models does not declare a winner; readers should compare verified facts against their own workload.
Source trail
- Official docsRetrieved 2026-05-21FreshMistral — Large 3 (v25.12) model card
Mistral Large 3 spec card at the new URL pattern (/models/model-cards/<slug>). Canonical pinned snapshot is mistral-large-2512; context window 256k; input $0.5 / output $1.5 per 1M tokens. Max output and explicit modality list still not stated.
- Official docsRetrieved 2026-05-20FreshMistral — Models overview
Mistral models overview — current active models, version stamps, open vs premier classification.
- Official docsRetrieved 2026-05-20FreshMistral — Models table (API strings)
Mistral models table — exact API string for every current model (mistral-large-3, mistral-medium-3-5, etc.).
- Official docsRetrieved 2026-05-20FreshMistral — API reference
Mistral chat completions endpoint, headers, minimal request body, and model parameter format.
- Official docsRetrieved 2026-05-20FreshAnthropic — Models overview
Anthropic's models overview page (legacy section), including the Claude Opus 4 row.
- Official pricingRetrieved 2026-05-20FreshAnthropic — Pricing
Anthropic's pricing reference (model pricing, prompt caching multipliers, batch API pricing).
Continue
Related
Want a new comparison? See docs for how WebmasterID Models verifies entries.