GPT-4.1 vs Mistral Large 3

Side-by-side pricing and cost comparison for AI coding projects.

GPT-4.1

OpenAI

Updated GPT-4 generation with improved instruction following and reduced hallucination. Better coding accuracy than GPT-4o.

Input	$2.00/M
Output	$8.00/M
Context	128K tokens
Best For	Production coding, API development, complex instructions

Mistral

Latest Mistral flagship model. Improved coding and multilingual capability over Large 2.

Input	$2.00/M
Output	$6.00/M
Context	128K tokens
Best For	Enterprise coding, European data sovereignty, multilingual tasks

Scenario	GPT-4.1	Mistral Large 3	Savings
Small Script (1K lines)	$0.31	$0.25	Mistral Large 3 saves $0.06 (19%)
Medium Feature (10K lines)	$2.30	$1.90	Mistral Large 3 saves $0.40 (17%)
Large Project (50K lines)	$11.50	$9.50	Mistral Large 3 saves $2.00 (17%)
Code Review (5K lines)	$0.55	$0.50	Mistral Large 3 saves $0.05 (9%)

GPT-4.1 is cheaper at $2.00/M input vs $2.00/M for Mistral Large 3.

For a typical medium feature project, GPT-4.1 costs $2.30 compared to $1.90 for Mistral Large 3.

However, Mistral Large 3 may offer enterprise coding, european data sovereignty, multilingual tasks — choose based on your specific needs.

Anthropic's balanced model for coding and general tasks. Best price-performance ratio in the Claude family.

Anthropic's most powerful model. Best for complex reasoning and challenging coding tasks.

Previous generation Sonnet. Still excellent for coding tasks at the same price point.

Fast, cost-effective model for high-volume tasks. Great for code review and simple queries.

First generation Opus. Highest reasoning capability in the Claude 3 family.

First generation Sonnet. Balanced performance for general tasks.