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Using Mistral Large on GCP Vertex AI

Implementation guide · Mistral Large · MistralAI

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GCP Vertex AI exposes Mistral Large through model ID mistral-large-1. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

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Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at GCP Vertex AI and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the GCP Vertex AI SDK or REST API to call mistral-large-1 — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $0.32/1M input, $0.96/1M output tokens. See full pricing.

Code Examples

Install
pip install google-cloud-aiplatform
API key
GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT
Model ID
mistral-large-1

For Google-published models use the model name directly, e.g. "gemini-2.0-flash-001". For third-party publishers (Anthropic, Meta, etc.) use the full publisher path, e.g. "publishers/anthropic/models/claude-3-5-sonnet-v2@20241022".

import os
import vertexai
from vertexai.generative_models import GenerativeModel

# Reads GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT from env; authenticates via Application Default Credentials
vertexai.init(project=os.environ["GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"], location="us-central1")
model = GenerativeModel("mistral-large-1")
response = model.generate_content("Hello")
print(response.text)

Pricing on GCP Vertex AI

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$0.32
Output tokens$0.96

Capabilities

VisionJSON / Tool useStructured Outputs

About Mistral Large

Mistral Large is a language model from MistralAI. It is deprecated (originally released 2024-02-08); use it only for reproducing earlier results or evaluating drift over time.

Model Specs

Released2024-02-08
Parameters123B
Context32k
Knowledge cutoff2024-03

Provider

GCP Vertex AI
GCP Vertex AI

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Mountain View, California, United States