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Mistral Large 3 2512 vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902)

For a typical chat reply (2,000 tokens in, 400 out), Qwen3.8 Max (0902) costs 4.0× as much as Mistral Large 3 2512: $6.40 against $1.60 per 1,000 requests at list price on 2026-09-28.

Mistral Large 3 2512Qwen3.8 Max (0902)
Input, per 1M tokens$0.50$2.00
Output, per 1M tokens$1.50$6.00
Context window262K1M
Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out), per 1,000$0.315$1.26
Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out), per 1,000$1.60$6.40
Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out), per 1,000$4.75$19.00
Confidence signalnoyes
Tool callingyesyes

Which one should carry your traffic?

If Mistral Large 3 2512 answers your requests as well as Qwen3.8 Max (0902), moving that traffic saves 75% on chat-shaped requests. Averages cannot tell you whether it does for your requests. Mistral Large 3 2512 does not expose a confidence signal through OpenRouter, so Gimbix would test it as a full replacement rather than a first answer.

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