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 xAI: Grok 3
Mistral Large wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Grok 3 is the latest model from xAI. It's their flagship model that excels at enterprise use cases like data extraction, coding, and text summarization. Possesses deep domain knowledge in finance, healthcare, law, and science.
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Mistral Large | xAI: Grok 3 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 128K | 131K | 🏆 xAI: Grok 3 |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $2.00 | $3.00 | 🏆 Mistral Large |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $6.00 | $15.00 | 🏆 Mistral Large |
| 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 xAI: Grok 3?
Mistral Large 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 xAI: Grok 3?
Input: $2.00 vs $3.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $6.00 vs $15.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Mistral Large and xAI: Grok 3 support?
Mistral Large supports up to 128K tokens. xAI: Grok 3 supports up to 131K tokens.
Do both Mistral Large and xAI: Grok 3 support tool calling?
Mistral Large: yes. xAI: Grok 3: yes.