Mistral Large 3 2512 is Mistral’s most capable model to date, featuring a sparse mixture-of-experts architecture with 41B active parameters (675B total), and released under the Apache 2.0 license.
Model details →Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 (exacto)
Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Kimi K2 0905 is the September update of [Kimi K2 0711](moonshotai/kimi-k2). It is a large-scale Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) language model developed by Moonshot AI, featuring 1 trillion total parameters with 32 billion active per forward pass.…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 262K | 262K | Tie |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.50 | $0.60 | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $1.50 | $2.50 | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | — | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 better than MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 (exacto)?
Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 and MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 (exacto)?
Input: $0.50 vs $0.60 per 1M tokens. Output: $1.50 vs $2.50 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 and MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) support?
Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 supports up to 262K tokens. MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) supports up to 262K tokens.
Do both Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 and MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 (exacto) support tool calling?
Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512: yes. MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0905 (exacto): yes.