Magistral Medium 1.2 2509 vs Mistral Large latest
Magistral Medium 1.2 2509 vs Mistral Large latest: Magistral Medium 1.2 2509 is cheaper by 17% on average. Magistral Medium 1.2 2509 from Mistral AI (40,000-token context, reasoning, tool calls) vs. Mistral Large latest from Google Vertex AI (128,000-token context, tool calls). Use Agent Command Center to A/B both in shadow mode and pick the winner per workload.
Side-by-side cost
Live workload comparison
Same workload run through both models. The cheaper one is highlighted.
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At this workload, Magistral Medium 1.2 2509 is 5% cheaper than Mistral Large latest — a savings of $60.88/month ($731/year).
Production recipe — Agent Command Center
strategy: cost-optimized
primary:
model: magistral-medium-1-2-2509
provider: mistral
fallback:
model: mistral-large-latest
provider: vertex-ai
shadow: { sample_rate: 0.05 } # mirror 5% of traffic to compare quality live| Magistral Medium 1.2 2509 | Mistral Large latest | |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $2.00/M | $2.00/M |
| Output price | $5.00/M | $6.00/M |
| Context window | 40,000 | 128,000 |
| Max output | 40,000 | 8,191 |
| Function calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | — | — |
| Audio input | — | — |
| Reasoning | ✓ | — |
| Prompt caching | — | — |
| Structured output | ✓ | — |
| Pricing verified | May 12, 2026 | May 12, 2026 |