Mistral Large 2 vs Mistral Large 4: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Mistral Large 2 and Mistral Large 4 both come from Mistral AI, Mistral Large 2 was released in July 2024, and Mistral Large 4 followed 27 months later in October 2026. Mistral Large 4 is the larger model at roughly 1.1 trillion parameters, against 123 billion for Mistral Large 2.
We have 5 benchmark results for Mistral Large 2 and 18 benchmark results for Mistral Large 4, but they were measured on different benchmarks, so there is no like-for-like scoreboard.
Mistral Large 4 is the cheaper API at $0.68 per million input tokens and $2.09 per million output tokens, roughly 3 times cheaper than Mistral Large 2 at $2 and $6. Mistral Large 4 takes the larger context window at 1M tokens, compared with 128K for Mistral Large 2. Mistral Large 2 accepts text as input, while Mistral Large 4 accepts text and images.
| Characteristic | Mistral Large 2 | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Release Date | July 24, 2024 | October 6, 2026 |
| Parameters | 123B | 1.1T |
| Multimodal | No | Yes |
| Context (input) | 128K | 1.0M |
| Context (output) | 128K | — |
| Input Price / 1M | $2.00 | $0.68 |
| Output Price / 1M | $6.00 | $2.09 |
| Average Score | 87.6% | 60.4% |
Verdict
Mistral Large 4 leads in 3 out of 4 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: Mistral Large 2 — 0.9, Mistral Large 4 — 0.6.
Mistral Large 4 is 2.9x cheaper: input $0.68/1M vs $2.00/1M tokens.
Mistral Large 4 supports a larger context: 1M vs 128K tokens.
Mistral Large 4 is newer: released 10/6/2026 vs 7/24/2024.
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