Mistral Large 3 vs Nova Premier
Mistral vs Amazon · Prices checked 12 August 2026
On blended cost Mistral Large 3 undercuts Nova Premier by about 6.9×: $0.800 per million tokens versus $5.50. A single 100K-input, 10K-output job costs $0.065 on Mistral Large 3 against $0.375 on Nova Premier.
Of the 5 shared benchmarks, Nova Premier takes 3. The widest gap is on MATH, where Nova Premier leads by 11 points. 1 suite tied. On context, Nova Premier is the larger at 300,000 tokens versus 256,000.
Pricing and capacity
| Metric | Mistral Large 3 | Nova Premier | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M tokens | $0.500 | $2.50 | 5.0× |
| Output / 1M tokens | $1.50 | $12.50 | 8.3× |
| Blended · 70/30calculated | $0.800 | $5.50 | 6.9× |
| Blended · 50/50calculated | $1.00 | $7.50 | 7.5× |
| Blended · 80/20calculated | $0.700 | $4.50 | 6.4× |
| Blended · 20/80calculated | $1.30 | $10.50 | 8.1× |
| Job cost · 100K + 10Kcalculated | $0.065 | $0.375 | 5.8× |
| Job cost · 1M + 100Kcalculated | $0.650 | $3.75 | 5.8× |
| Context window | 256,000 | 300,000 | 15% |
Input and output rates are as published by each provider. Blended and job-cost rows are calculated comparison metrics, not published prices — how they are derived.
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Nova Premier | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 84% | 88% | Nova Premier |
| GPQA Diamond | 52% | 60% | Nova Premier |
| MATH | 73% | 84% | Nova Premier |
| HumanEval | 92% | 92% | Level |
| LMArena Elo | 1283 Elo | 1280 Elo | Mistral Large 3 |
Only suites both models report are listed, so a missing score is never shown as a loss. Figures are provider-published or from public leaderboards and are not independently re-run. Where a model has no score of its own it inherits its base model’s, since the weights are the same.
What each model is for
Mistral Large 3
Mistral · Frontier
Mistral's frontier model. Strong multilingual performance and Europe-friendly hosting options.
- Multilingual
- EU sovereign hosting
- Strong code
- 128K context
Nova Premier
Amazon · Top-tier
AWS's frontier-tier Nova. Premier multimodal model targeting complex agentic workloads inside Bedrock.
- Frontier-tier Nova
- Strong reasoning + vision
- Tight Bedrock + IAM integration
- Long context
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 3 or Nova Premier?
On blended cost Mistral Large 3 undercuts Nova Premier by about 6.9×: $0.800 per million tokens versus $5.50. A single 100K-input, 10K-output job costs $0.065 on Mistral Large 3 against $0.375 on Nova Premier. Blended cost weights input at 70% and output at 30%; price your own token split for an exact answer, since the cheaper model on a blended basis is not always cheaper for your workload.
Which performs better, Mistral Large 3 or Nova Premier?
Of the 5 shared benchmarks, Nova Premier takes 3. The widest gap is on MATH, where Nova Premier leads by 11 points. 1 suite tied. These are the figures each provider or public leaderboard publishes, not results we re-run, and a benchmark average can hide the specific behaviour your workload depends on.
Which has the larger context window, Mistral Large 3 or Nova Premier?
On context, Nova Premier is the larger at 300,000 tokens versus 256,000. The context window caps everything in a single request: prompt, retrieved documents, conversation history and the model’s own output all share it.
Can I compare Mistral Large 3 and Nova Premier on my own numbers?
Yes. Open both in the side-by-side comparison tool to see every field at once, or use the token calculator to price your actual prompt and monthly request volume against each model. Both are free and need no sign-up.
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Prices and scores are recomputed on every deploy from the catalogue. Prices checked 12 August 2026.