Mistral Large 2 vs Qwen3-30B-A3B
Mistral Large 2 (2025) and Qwen3-30B-A3B (2025) are compact production models from MistralAI and Alibaba. Mistral Large 2 ships a 128k-token context window, while Qwen3-30B-A3B ships a 128k-token context window. On pricing, Qwen3-30B-A3B costs $0.05/1M input tokens versus $0.48/1M 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.
Qwen3-30B-A3B is ~841% cheaper at $0.05/1M; pay for Mistral Large 2 only for vision-heavy evaluation.
Decision scorecard
Local evidence first| Signal | Mistral Large 2 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | multimodal apps, tool-calling agents, and provider-routed production | provider-routed production |
| Decision fit | Coding, RAG, and Agents | RAG, Long context, and Classification |
| Context window | 128k | 128k |
| Cheapest output | $2.40/1M tokens | $0.34/1M tokens |
| Provider routes | 3 tracked | 7 tracked |
| Shared benchmarks | 0 shared | 0 shared |
Decision tradeoffs
- 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.
- Qwen3-30B-A3B has the lower cheapest tracked output price at $0.34/1M tokens.
- Qwen3-30B-A3B has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.
- Local decision data tags Qwen3-30B-A3B for RAG, Long context, and Classification.
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
Qwen3-30B-A3B
$125
Cheapest tracked route/tier: Cloudflare Workers AI
Estimated monthly gap: $859. Batch, cache, alternate speed tiers, and negotiated pricing are excluded from this local estimate.
Switch friction
- Provider overlap exists on AWS Bedrock; start route-level A/B tests there.
- Qwen3-30B-A3B is $2.06/1M tokens lower on cheapest tracked output pricing before cache, batch, or negotiated discounts.
- Check replacement coverage for Vision, Multimodal, and JSON / Tool use before moving production traffic.
- Provider overlap exists on AWS Bedrock; start route-level A/B tests there.
- Mistral Large 2 is $2.06/1M tokens higher on cheapest tracked output pricing, so quality gains need to justify the spend.
- Mistral Large 2 adds Vision, Multimodal, and JSON / Tool use in local capability data.
Specs
| Specification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2025-11-25 | 2025-04-28 |
| Context window | 128k | 128k |
| Parameters | 123B | 30B |
| Architecture | Decoder Only | Mixture of Experts |
| License | Mistral License | Apache 2.0OSI-approved |
| Openness | Open weights | Open source |
| Weights | Unknown | Unknown |
| Code | Unknown | Unknown |
| Commercial use | Commercial use: non-commercial | Commercial use: permitted |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2025-07 | - |
Pricing and availability
| Pricing attribute | Mistral Large 2 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $0.48/1M tokens | $0.05/1M tokens |
| Output price | $2.40/1M tokens | $0.34/1M tokens |
| Providers |
Capabilities
| Capability | Mistral Large 2 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Vision | Yes | No |
| Multimodal | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | No | No |
| JSON / Tool use | Yes | No |
| 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.