This is Mistral AI's flagship model, Mistral Large 2 (version `mistral-large-2407`). It's a proprietary weights-available model and excels at reasoning, code, JSON, chat, and more. Read the launch announcement [here](https://mistral.ai/news…
Model details →Mistral Large vs OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo
OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
GPT-3.5 Turbo is OpenAI's fastest model. It can understand and generate natural language or code, and is optimized for chat and traditional completion tasks. Training data up to Sep 2021.
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Mistral Large | OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 128K | 16K | 🏆 Mistral Large |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $2.00 | $0.50 | 🏆 OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $6.00 | $1.50 | 🏆 OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Large better than OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo?
OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Mistral Large and OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo?
Input: $2.00 vs $0.50 per 1M tokens. Output: $6.00 vs $1.50 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Mistral Large and OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo support?
Mistral Large supports up to 128K tokens. OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo supports up to 16K tokens.
Do both Mistral Large and OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo support tool calling?
Mistral Large: yes. OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo: yes.