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Mistral Large 4 vs Kimi K3

Mistral Large 4Mistral AI
Kimi K3Moonshot AI
Our take

Kimi K3 wins 4 of 4 categories, but Mistral Large 4 is 2.9× cheaper for everyday text work. Pick Kimi K3 when quality matters most, Mistral Large 4 at volume.

Overall3765Best
Coding5574Best
Writing3469Best
Support4673Best
Value3052Best
Input / 1M$1.36Best$3.00
Output / 1M$4.18Best$15.00
Blended / 1M$2.07Best$6.00
Context window1M1M
Open weightsNoYes
Released6 Oct 202616 Jul 2026

Your monthly bill

50k
Mistral Large 4$413Cheapest
Kimi K3$1.2k
List prices, a quarter of the tokens as output. Scores are provisional, from Arena and Epoch AI.