Mistral Large 2 (2407) vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

Name: Mistral Large 2 (2407)
Author: MistralAI

Mistral Large 2 (2407) (2024) and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B (2026) are frontier reasoning models from MistralAI and Alibaba. Mistral Large 2 (2407) ships a 128k-token context window, while Qwen3.5-35B-A3B ships a 262k-token context window. On pricing, Qwen3.5-35B-A3B costs $0.14/1M input tokens versus $0.50/1M for the alternative. This comparison covers specs, pricing, API access, capabilities, benchmarks, input and output token costs, and production fit for coding and agent workloads.

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B is ~260% cheaper at $0.14/1M; pay for Mistral Large 2 (2407) only for vision-heavy evaluation.

Decision scorecard

Local evidence first

Signal	Mistral Large 2 (2407)	Qwen3.5-35B-A3B	How to read it
Best for	multimodal apps and provider-routed production	reasoning-heavy apps, tool-calling agents, and provider-routed production	Use-case synthesis from product type, capability flags, context, and provider data.
Decision fit	RAG, Long context, and Vision	Coding, RAG, and Agents	Primary workload tags from local decision data.
Context window	128k	262k	Higher is better when prompts, retrieval chunks, or transcripts are large.
Cheapest output	$1.50/1M tokens	$1/1M tokens	Cheapest tracked provider route; verify your exact region and tier.
Provider routes	3 tracked	2 tracked	Broader coverage can reduce vendor lock-in and fallback risk.
Shared benchmarks	0 shared	0 shared	No shared benchmark scores are available for this pair yet.

Decision tradeoffs

Choose Mistral Large 2 (2407) when...

Mistral Large 2 (2407) has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.
Mistral Large 2 (2407) uniquely exposes Vision in local model data.
Local decision data tags Mistral Large 2 (2407) for RAG, Long context, and Vision.

Choose Qwen3.5-35B-A3B when...

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has the lower cheapest tracked output price at $1/1M tokens.
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B uniquely exposes Reasoning and JSON / Tool use in local model data.
Local decision data tags Qwen3.5-35B-A3B for Coding, RAG, and Agents.

Monthly cost at traffic

Estimate token spend from the cheapest tracked input and output route or tier on this page.

Lower estimate Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

Requests / monthInput tokens / requestOutput tokens / request

Mistral Large 2 (2407)

$775

Cheapest tracked route/tier: Chutes AI

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

$361

Cheapest tracked route/tier: OpenRouter

Estimated monthly gap: $414. Batch, cache, alternate speed tiers, and negotiated pricing are excluded from this local estimate.

Switch friction

Mistral Large 2 (2407) -> Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Mistral Large 2 (2407) and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B is $0.50/1M tokens lower on cheapest tracked output pricing before cache, batch, or negotiated discounts.
Check replacement coverage for Vision before moving production traffic.
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B adds Reasoning and JSON / Tool use in local capability data.

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B -> Mistral Large 2 (2407)

No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B and Mistral Large 2 (2407); plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
Mistral Large 2 (2407) is $0.50/1M tokens higher on cheapest tracked output pricing, so quality gains need to justify the spend.
Check replacement coverage for Reasoning and JSON / Tool use before moving production traffic.
Mistral Large 2 (2407) adds Vision in local capability data.

Specs

Specification	Mistral Large 2 (2407) MistralAI	Qwen3.5-35B-A3B Alibaba
Released	2024-07-23	2026-02-24
Context window	128k	262k
Parameters	123B	35B
Architecture	Decoder Only	Mixture of Experts
License	Mistral License	Apache 2.0OSI-approved
Openness	Open weights	Open source
Weights	Unknown	Available
Code	Unknown	Unknown
Commercial use	Commercial use: non-commercial	Commercial use: permitted
Knowledge cutoff	2024-03	-

Pricing and availability

Pricing attribute	Mistral Large 2 (2407)	Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
Input price	$0.50/1M tokens	$0.14/1M tokens
Output price	$1.50/1M tokens	$1/1M tokens
Providers	Microsoft Foundry Chutes AI SiliconFlow	OpenRouter Novita AI

Capabilities

Capability	Mistral Large 2 (2407)	Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
Vision	Yes	No
Multimodal	No	No
Reasoning	No	Yes
JSON / Tool use	No	Yes
Structured outputs	Yes	Yes
Code execution	No	No
IDE integration	No	No
Computer use	No	No
Parallel agents	No	No

Benchmarks

No shared benchmark scores are currently available for this pair.

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Last reviewed: 2026-06-30. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.

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