Qwen: Qwen3 Max vs Mistral Large (latest)
Mistral Large (latest) is cheaper than Qwen: Qwen3 Max by about 52% on a blended (75% input / 25% output) basis. Qwen: Qwen3 Max charges $0.780000 / $3.900000 per 1M input/output tokens; Mistral Large (latest) charges $0.500000 / $1.500000.
| Field | Qwen: Qwen3 Max | Mistral Large (latest) |
|---|---|---|
| Input $/Mtok | $0.780000 | $0.500000 |
| Output $/Mtok | $3.900000 | $1.500000 |
| Cache read $/Mtok | $0.156000 | $0.050000 |
| Cache write $/Mtok | $0.975000 | – |
| Input $/Mchar | 0.235202 | 0.177809 |
| Output $/Mchar | 1.176009 | 0.533428 |
| Context window | 262144 | 262144 |
| Tokenizer | qwen2 | mistral |
Price history
Same workload, monthly cost
Illustrative monthly cost at 10M tokens/month, split per workload preset. Not a substitute for the calculator, which uses your own volume, cache and batch assumptions.
| Workload | Qwen: Qwen3 Max | Mistral Large (latest) |
|---|---|---|
| Coding agent | $9.36 | $5.50 |
| RAG chat | $12.48 | $6.50 |
| Summarisation (batch) | $10.92 | $6.00 |
| Classification | $8.42 | $5.20 |
| Chat assistant | $20.28 | $9.00 |
| Content generation | $32.76 | $13.00 |
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Qwen: Qwen3 Max vs Mistral Large (latest): $0.780000/$3.900000 vs $0.500000/$1.500000 per 1M tokens, as of 2026-10-04 (Token Barometer, https://tokenbarometer.com/compare/alibaba_qwen3-max-vs-mistral_mistral-large-2411).
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