Mistral Large 4 Preview
By Mistral · released 2026-10-06 (2 weeks) · snapshot 2026-10-24
- Intelligence index
- 38.40
- Cost to run the AA index
- $1608
- Price per 1M tokens (in / out)
- $1.36 / $4.18
- End-to-end time
- 27.1s
Is Mistral Large 4 Preview on the Pareto frontier, and what beats it?
Off the frontier
No. GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) is at least as smart for the same money or less.
Next step up: Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback), smarter but dearer.
| # | Model | Creator | Intelligence | Total cost | E2E total | Open | Released | Frontier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mistral Large 4 Preview | Mistral | 38.40 | $1608 | 27.1s | 2026-10-06 | ||
| 2 | GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) | OpenAI | 51.80 | $1082 | 220.5s | 2026-09-29 | Frontier | |
| 3 | Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) | Anthropic | 53.60 | $2172 | 33.8s | 2026-09-22 | Frontier |
Open in the picker Daily check URL: 200 on the frontier, 409 once beaten
Mistral Large 4 Preview today
Intelligence: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. Cost: total cost to run that benchmark, so reasoning tokens count. API id: mistral-large-4.
Compare head to head
Suggested: what beats it, its effort levels, and frontier models near its price.
What the Mistral Large 4 Preview release did to the frontier on 2026-10-06
None of its 1 effort levels reached the frontier at launch.
Closest miss: Mistral Large 4 Preview, 7.9 points below MiMo-V2.6-Pro at 7.8× the cost.
Should you use Mistral Large 4 Preview?
Should you use Mistral Large 4 Preview?
Only when it fits your setup: GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) is at least as smart for the same money or less, so Mistral Large 4 Preview is off the value frontier today.
What is better and cheaper than Mistral Large 4 Preview?
GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) — at least as smart for the same money or less.
How much does Mistral Large 4 Preview cost?
$1.36/$4.18 in/out per 1M tokens, and $1608 to run the full Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, the honest all-in number for reasoning models.
Is Mistral Large 4 Preview on the Pareto frontier?
No: GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) beats it on intelligence, cost, or both.
Frontier membership by axis pair
Other axis pairs where Mistral Large 4 Preview is Pareto-optimal.
| Y axis | X axis | On the frontier |
|---|---|---|
| AA intelligence index | AA total cost to run (USD) | |
| AA intelligence index | End-to-end total seconds | |
| AA intelligence index | Output speed tokens/sec |
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