{"slug": "mistral-large-4-preview-intelligence-performance-and-price-analysis", "title": "Mistral Large 4 Preview Intelligence, Performance and Price Analysis", "summary": "Mistral Large 4 Preview, released October 6, 2026, scored 38 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, above the median of 26 for comparable models, according to Artificial Analysis. The model is priced at $1.36 per 1M input tokens and $4.18 per 1M output tokens, runs at 116 tokens per second versus an average of 87, and supports text and image input with a 524k-token context window. It generated 200M tokens during Intelligence Index evaluation, well above the 81M median, and costs $1.13 per task to evaluate.", "body_md": "# Mistral Large 4 Preview Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis\n\n### Model summary\n\nMistral Large 4 Preview is above average in intelligence and well priced when comparing to other models of similar price. It's also faster than average, however very verbose. The model supports text and image input, outputs text, and has a 524k tokens context window.\n\nMistral Large 4 Preview scores 38 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it above average among comparable models (median: 26). When evaluating the Intelligence Index, it generated 200M tokens, which is very verbose in comparison to the median of 81M.\n\nPricing for Mistral Large 4 Preview is $1.36 per 1M input tokens (moderately priced, median: $2.00) and $4.18 per 1M output tokens (competitively priced, median: $10.00). On average, it costs $1.13 per task to evaluate Mistral Large 4 Preview on the Intelligence Index.\n\nAt 116 tokens per second, Mistral Large 4 Preview is faster than average (87).\n\n| Reasoning | Yes This page shows the reasoning version of this model. A non-reasoning variant may also exist. | \n|---|---|\n| Input modality | Supports: text and image | \n| Output modality | Supports: text | \n| Context window | 524k ~786 A4 pages of size 12 Arial font | \n\nMetrics are compared against models of the same class:\n\n- Non-reasoning models → compared only with other non-reasoning models\n- Reasoning models → compared across both reasoning and non-reasoning\n- Open weights models → compared only with other open weights models of the same size class:\n- Tiny: ≤4B parameters\n- Small: 4B–40B parameters\n- Medium: 40B–150B parameters\n- Large: >150B parameters\n- Proprietary models → compared across proprietary and open weights models of the same price range, using a blended 3:1 input/output price ratio:\n- <$0.15 per 1M tokens\n- $0.15–$1 per 1M tokens\n- >$1 per 1M tokens\n\n## IntelligenceUpdated\n\n### [Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index](https://artificialanalysis.ai/evaluations/artificial-analysis-intelligence-index)\n\n### Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary\n\nMeasures the performance of models on specific capabilities and industries\n\n### [Artificial Analysis Finance & Accounting Index](https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/capabilities/finance-and-accounting)\n\n### Intelligence Evaluations\n\n[AA-Briefcase v1.1](https://artificialanalysis.ai/evaluations/aa-briefcase)Updated\n\nAgentic knowledge work, (Elo-500)/2000\n\n[GDPval-AA v2.1](https://artificialanalysis.ai/evaluations/gdpval-aa)Updated\n\nAgentic real-world work tasks, (Elo-500)/2000\n\nAgentic SaaS workflows\n\nAgentic coding & terminal use\n\n[SciCode](https://artificialanalysis.ai/evaluations/scicode)Under review\n\nCoding\n\nReasoning & knowledge\n\nProfessional document reasoning, All-pass\n\n[CritPt](https://artificialanalysis.ai/evaluations/critpt)Under review\n\nPhysics reasoning\n\nKnowledge\n\n1 - hallucination rate\n\nLong context reasoning\n\nLegal agentic work, criterion pass rate\n\nAgentic business operations\n\nAgentic scientific research workflows in a terminal\n\nQuantitative analysis on spreadsheets & documents\n\nKubernetes incident root-cause analysis\n\nVisual reasoning\n\nMedical long context reasoning\n\n### AA-Briefcase v1.1Updated\n\n### AA-Briefcase Elo\n\n### AA-Omniscience\n\n### AA-Omniscience Index\n\n## Intelligence Index Comparisons\n\n### Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task\n\n## Token Use\n\n### Output Tokens per Intelligence Index Task\n\n## Cost\n\n### Cost per Intelligence Index Task\n\n### Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index\n\n### Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output\n\n## Context Window\n\n### Context Window\n\n## Speed\n\nMeasured by Output Speed (tokens per second)\n\n### Output Speed\n\n### Time per Intelligence Index Task\n\n## Latency\n\nMeasured by Time (seconds) to First Token\n\n### Latency: Time To First Answer Token\n\n## End-to-End Response Time\n\nSeconds to output 500 tokens, calculated based on time to first token, 'thinking' time for reasoning models, and output speed\n\n### End-to-End Response Time\n\n## Frequently Asked Questions\n\nCommon questions about Mistral Large 4 Preview\n\nMistral Large 4 Preview was released on October 6, 2026.\n\nMistral Large 4 Preview was created by Mistral.\n\nMistral Large 4 Preview scores 38 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it above average among other reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 26).\n\nMistral Large 4 Preview generates output at 116.1 tokens per second (based on Mistral's API), which is above average compared to other reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 87.4 t/s).\n\nMistral Large 4 Preview has a time to first token (TTFT) of 1.46s (based on Mistral's API), which is very competitive compared to other reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 3.84s).\n\nMistral Large 4 Preview costs $1.36 per 1M input tokens (better than average, median: $2.00) and $4.18 per 1M output tokens (very competitive, median: $10.00), based on Mistral's API.\n\nMistral Large 4 Preview costs $1.36 per 1M input tokens and $4.18 per 1M output tokens (based on Mistral's API). For a blended rate (7:2:1 cache hit/input/output ratio), this is $0.79 per 1M tokens. Pricing may vary by provider. [Compare provider pricing](https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/mistral-large-4/providers)\n\nWhen evaluated on the Intelligence Index, Mistral Large 4 Preview generated 200M output tokens, which is at the higher end compared to other reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 81M).\n\nYes, Mistral Large 4 Preview is a reasoning model. It uses extended thinking or chain-of-thought reasoning to work through complex problems before providing an answer.\n\nMistral Large 4 Preview supports text and image input.\n\nMistral Large 4 Preview supports text output.\n\nYes, Mistral Large 4 Preview supports image input and can analyze, describe, and answer questions about images.\n\nYes, Mistral Large 4 Preview is multimodal. It can process text and image input and generate text output.\n\nMistral Large 4 Preview has a context window of 520k tokens. This determines how much text and conversation history the model can process in a single request.\n\nNo, Mistral Large 4 Preview is proprietary. The model weights are not publicly available.\n\nMistral Large 4 Preview has 1 trillion parameters.\n\nMistral Large 4 Preview achieves a score of 38 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. This composite benchmark evaluates models across reasoning, knowledge, mathematics, and coding.\n\nYes, Mistral Large 4 Preview is available via API through 2 providers. [Compare API providers](https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/mistral-large-4/providers)\n\nMistral Large 4 Preview is available through 2 API providers. 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