Magistral Medium 2506 vs Mistral Large 2411
Magistral Medium 2506 vs Mistral Large 2411: Magistral Medium 2506 is cheaper by 17% on average. Magistral Medium 2506 from Mistral AI (40,000-token context, reasoning, tool calls) vs. Mistral Large 2411 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 2506 is 5% cheaper than Mistral Large 2411 — a savings of $60.88/month ($731/year).
Production recipe — Agent Command Center
strategy: cost-optimized
primary:
model: magistral-medium-2506
provider: mistral
fallback:
model: mistral-large-2411
provider: vertex-ai
shadow: { sample_rate: 0.05 } # mirror 5% of traffic to compare quality live| Magistral Medium 2506 | Mistral Large 2411 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Benchmark comparison
Side-by-side public benchmark scores. Greener bar = winner.