Mistral Large 2 vs Mistral Nemotron
Mistral Large 2 (2025) and Mistral Nemotron (2025) are compact production models from MistralAI. Mistral Large 2 ships a 128k-token context window, while Mistral Nemotron ships a not-yet-sourced context window. This comparison covers specs, pricing, API access, capabilities, benchmarks, input and output token costs, and production fit for coding and agent workloads. It focuses on practical selection signals rather than broad model-family marketing.
Mistral Nemotron is safer overall; choose Mistral Large 2 when vision-heavy evaluation matters.
Decision scorecard
Local evidence first| Signal | Mistral Large 2 | Mistral Nemotron |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | multimodal apps, tool-calling agents, and provider-routed production | general production evaluation |
| Decision fit | Coding, RAG, and Agents | General |
| Context window | 128k | — |
| Cheapest output | $2.40/1M tokens | - |
| Provider routes | 3 tracked | 1 tracked |
| Shared benchmarks | 0 shared | 0 shared |
Decision tradeoffs
- Mistral Large 2 has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.
- Mistral Large 2 has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.
- Mistral Large 2 uniquely exposes Vision, Multimodal, and JSON / Tool use in local model data.
- Local decision data tags Mistral Large 2 for Coding, RAG, and Agents.
- Use Mistral Nemotron when your own prompt tests beat the comparison signals; the local data does not show a decisive standalone advantage yet.
Monthly cost at traffic
Estimate token spend from the cheapest tracked input and output route or tier on this page.
Mistral Large 2
$984
Cheapest tracked route/tier: AWS Bedrock
Mistral Nemotron
Unavailable
No complete token price in local provider data
Cost delta unavailable until both models have sourced input and output token prices.
Switch friction
- No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Mistral Large 2 and Mistral Nemotron; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
- Check replacement coverage for Vision, Multimodal, and JSON / Tool use before moving production traffic.
- No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Mistral Nemotron and Mistral Large 2; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
- Mistral Large 2 adds Vision, Multimodal, and JSON / Tool use in local capability data.
Specs
| Specification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2025-11-25 | 2025-12-01 |
| Context window | 128k | — |
| Parameters | 123B | 70B |
| Architecture | Decoder Only | Decoder Only |
| License | Mistral License | Proprietary |
| Openness | Open weights | Proprietary |
| Weights | Unknown | Not released |
| Code | Unknown | Unknown |
| Commercial use | Commercial use: non-commercial | - |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2025-07 | - |
Pricing and availability
| Pricing attribute | Mistral Large 2 | Mistral Nemotron |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $0.48/1M tokens | - |
| Output price | $2.40/1M tokens | - |
| Providers |
Capabilities
| Capability | Mistral Large 2 | Mistral Nemotron |
|---|---|---|
| Vision | Yes | No |
| Multimodal | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | No | No |
| JSON / Tool use | Yes | No |
| Structured outputs | Yes | No |
| 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: 2026-06-16. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.