Mistral Large 2411 vs Qwen: Qwen3 Max
Head-to-head API pricing and cost comparison between Mistral’s Mistral Large 2411 and Qwen’s Qwen: Qwen3 Max. Prices auto-refresh daily from OpenRouter.
Qwen: Qwen3 Max is 61% cheaper for input tokens; Qwen: Qwen3 Max also wins on output tokens.
Side-by-side comparison
| Spec | Mistral Large 2411 | Qwen: Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Input price (per 1M) | $2.00 | $0.78 |
| Cached input (per 1M) | $0.20 | $0.16 |
| Output price (per 1M) | $6.00 | $3.90 |
| Batch input (per 1M) | — | — |
| Batch output (per 1M) | — | — |
| Reasoning price (per 1M) | — | — |
| Context window | 131K | 262K |
| Vision support | No | No |
| Caching support | Yes | Yes |
| Batch API | No | No |
| Reasoning capability | No | No |
Monthly cost at volume
Estimated monthly API spend at common production traffic levels (input/output tokens per request shown).
| Volume | Mistral Large 2411 | Qwen: Qwen3 Max | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
1K req/day 500in / 200out tokens | $66.00 | $35.10 | $30.90 Qwen: Qwen3 Max wins |
10K req/day 1500in / 500out tokens | $1,800 | $936.00 | $864.00 Qwen: Qwen3 Max wins |
100K req/day 3000in / 800out tokens | $32,400 | $16,380 | $16,020 Qwen: Qwen3 Max wins |
1M req/day 8000in / 2000out tokens | $840,000 | $421,200 | $418,800 Qwen: Qwen3 Max wins |
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Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 2411 or Qwen: Qwen3 Max?
For input tokens, Qwen: Qwen3 Max is roughly 61% cheaper at $0.78/1M vs $2.00/1M. For output tokens, Qwen: Qwen3 Max wins at $3.90/1M. Real-world cost depends on your input/output ratio — use the calculator to model your actual workload.
What’s the context window difference?
Mistral Large 2411 has a context window of 131K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3 Max offers 262K tokens. Larger context windows are valuable for long documents, RAG pipelines, and multi-turn conversations — but they come with higher input-token bills if you fill them every request.
Should I use Mistral Large 2411 or Qwen: Qwen3 Max?
Choose Mistral Large 2411 if you’re already on the Mistral stack, want broad ecosystem support, or prefer its feature set. Choose Qwen: Qwen3 Max for Qwen’s ecosystem, or its cheaper input tokens. Run a small benchmark on your own prompts before committing — price is only one axis.
How are these prices kept current?
Prices are pulled directly from OpenRouter’s public models API once every 24 hours via a Convex cron job, then normalized to per-1M-token figures. Last refresh: May 28, 2026.