Mistral Large latest vs Mistral Medium 2505
Mistral Large latest vs Mistral Medium 2505: Mistral Medium 2505 is cheaper by 80% on average. Mistral Large latest from Google Vertex AI (128,000-token context, tool calls) vs. Mistral Medium 2505 from Mistral AI (131,072-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.
3,000
0131,072
400
08,191
5,000
01,000,000
At this workload, Mistral Medium 2505 is 76% cheaper than Mistral Large latest — a savings of $974/month ($11,688/year).
Production recipe — Agent Command Center
strategy: cost-optimized
primary:
model: mistral-medium-2505
provider: mistral
fallback:
model: mistral-large-latest
provider: vertex-ai
shadow: { sample_rate: 0.05 } # mirror 5% of traffic to compare quality live| Mistral Large latest | Mistral Medium 2505 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $2.00/M | $0.400/M |
| Output price | $6.00/M | $2.00/M |
| Context window | 128,000 | 131,072 |
| Max output | 8,191 | 8,191 |
| Function calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | — | — |
| Audio input | — | — |
| Reasoning | — | — |
| Prompt caching | — | — |
| Structured output | — | ✓ |
| Pricing verified | May 12, 2026 | May 12, 2026 |