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 Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct
Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen2.5-VL is proficient in recognizing common objects such as flowers, birds, fish, and insects. It is also highly capable of analyzing texts, charts, icons, graphics, and layouts within images.
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 | Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 262K | 33K | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.50 | $0.80 | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $1.50 | $0.80 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | — | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 better than Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct?
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 Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct?
Input: $0.50 vs $0.80 per 1M tokens. Output: $1.50 vs $0.80 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 and Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct support?
Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 supports up to 262K tokens. Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct supports up to 33K tokens.
Do both Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 and Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct support tool calling?
Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512: yes. Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct: not advertised.