Mistral Large 2 vs Qwen3.8 Max: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Mistral Large 2 is developed by Mistral AI, while Qwen3.8 Max comes from Alibaba. Mistral Large 2 was released in July 2024, and Qwen3.8 Max followed 25 months later in August 2026. Qwen3.8 Max is the larger model at roughly 2.4 trillion parameters, against 123 billion for Mistral Large 2.
We have 5 benchmark results for Mistral Large 2 and 42 benchmark results for Qwen3.8 Max, but they were measured on different benchmarks, so there is no like-for-like scoreboard.
Mistral Large 2 is the cheaper API at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens, about 25% below Qwen3.8 Max at $2.50 and $6.25. Qwen3.8 Max takes the larger context window at 1M tokens, compared with 128K for Mistral Large 2. Mistral Large 2 accepts text as input, while Qwen3.8 Max accepts text and images.
| Characteristic | Mistral Large 2 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Mistral AI | Alibaba |
| Release Date | July 24, 2024 | August 2, 2026 |
| Parameters | 123B | 2.4T |
| Multimodal | No | Yes |
| Context (input) | 128K | 1.0M |
| Context (output) | 128K | 131K |
| Input Price / 1M | $2.00 | $2.50 |
| Output Price / 1M | $6.00 | $6.25 |
| Average Score | 87.6% | 71.0% |
Verdict
Qwen3.8 Max leads in 2 out of 4 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: Mistral Large 2 — 0.9, Qwen3.8 Max — 0.7.
Mistral Large 2 is 1.1x cheaper: input $2.00/1M vs $2.50/1M tokens.
Qwen3.8 Max supports a larger context: 1M vs 128K tokens.
Qwen3.8 Max is newer: released 8/2/2026 vs 7/24/2024.
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