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title: "Compare alternatives to Mistral Large 4 · Undominated.ai"
canonical: https://undominated.ai/alternatives/mistralai__mistral-large-4-0/
description: "34 alternatives score at least as high as Mistral Large 4 and cost no more under at least one listed workload. 6 preserve recorded capabilities; 28 have named trade-offs."
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# Compare alternatives to Mistral Large 4 · Undominated.ai

> 34 alternatives score at least as high as Mistral Large 4 and cost no more under at least one listed workload. 6 preserve recorded capabilities; 28 have named trade-offs.

# Alternatives to Mistral Large 4

Mistral · LMArena 1429.7 · $2.07/M on a balanced workload · price under confirmation since 2026-10-21 · prices as of 2026-10-21 , except 14 under confirmation

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## 6 models are higher-scoring or cheaper, with neither dimension worse.

Of the 142 models carrying both an independent score and a published price at the same delivery mode, **34** score at least as high as Mistral Large 4 and cost no more under at least one listed workload, with at least one of those dimensions improved. **6** match or beat its recorded context, maximum output, input modes, tool use and extended reasoning. **28** have a recorded capability loss, named on every row.

Dominance is not a property of a model. It is a property of a model, a capability lens and a workload, and all three are named on every row. Scores are LMArena Elo, used under CC BY 4.0 from the official dataset; prices are blended per million tokens. A higher score is not a drop-in replacement.

This page lists models only while a candidate improves score or price without worsening the other under a listed workload. When that comparison no longer holds, this address stays and says so.

## Where it holds

| Workload | Mistral Large 4 $/M | Recorded capabilities preserved | Recorded capability losses |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Balanced | $2.07 Price under confirmation since Oct 21, 2026 | 5 | 28 |
| Summarise | $1.15 Price under confirmation since Oct 21, 2026 | 6 | 28 |
| Chat | $2.12 Price under confirmation since Oct 21, 2026 | 5 | 28 |
| Code gen | $2.95 Price under confirmation since Oct 21, 2026 | 2 | 28 |
| Agentic | $1.06 Price under confirmation since Oct 21, 2026 | 5 | 27 |

Workload mixes are defined on the [methodology page](/methodology/). Cached input is priced at the cached rate, and reasoning tokens at the worse of the reasoning and output rates.

## What you would be replacing

| Intelligence | 1429.7 |
| --- | --- |
| Context window | 1M |
| Max output | 262K |
| Input modes | text, image |
| Tool use | yes |
| Extended reasoning | yes |

Preserving recorded capabilities requires matching or beating these fields. [Full record for Mistral Large 4](/models/mistralai__mistral-large-4-0/), or [check Mistral Large 4 against the whole catalogue](/check/mistralai__mistral-large-4-0/).

## Recorded capabilities preserved 6

Each option has a higher score or a lower price, with neither dimension worse under the listed workloads. It matches or beats Mistral Large 4 on recorded context, maximum output, input modes, tool use and extended reasoning.

| # | Model | Intelligence | $/M | Holds under |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Muse Spark 1.3](/models/meta__muse-spark-1.3/) Meta | 1489.8 +60.1 | $2.00 | Balanced −3% Summarise −6% Chat under 1% less Agentic −1% |
| 2 | [Muse Spark 1.2](/models/meta__muse-spark-1.2/) Meta | 1484.9 +55.2 | $2.00 | Balanced −3% Summarise −6% Chat under 1% less Agentic −1% |
| 3 | [GLM 5.3 Flash](/models/z-ai__glm-5.3-flash/) Z.ai | 1471 +41.3 | $0.238 Price under confirmation since Oct 12, 2026 | Balanced −88% Summarise −88% Chat −88% Code gen −88% Agentic −88% |
| 4 | [Muse Spark 1.1](/models/meta__muse-spark-1.1/) Meta | 1478.1 +48.4 | $2.00 | Balanced −3% Summarise −6% Chat under 1% less Agentic −1% |
| 5 | [DeepSeek V4.1 Flash](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v4.1-flash/) DeepSeek | 1462.5 +32.8 | $0.182 Price under confirmation since Oct 12, 2026 | Balanced −91% Summarise −94% Chat −88% Code gen −88% Agentic −90% |
| 6 | [Kimi K3](/models/moonshotai__kimi-k3/) Moonshot AI | 1475.6 +45.9 | $1.14 summarise Price under confirmation since Oct 13, 2026 | Summarise −1% |

## Alternatives with recorded capability losses 28

These improve score or price without worsening the other under the listed workloads, but reduce at least one recorded capability. Read the last column before switching.

| Model | Intelligence | $/M | Holds under | Recorded capability loss |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [MiMo-V2.6-Pro](/models/xiaomi__mimo-v2.6-pro/) Xiaomi | 1490.3 +60.6 | $0.540 Price under confirmation since Oct 21, 2026 | Balanced −74% Summarise −71% Chat −77% Code gen −78% Agentic −77% | 262K → 131K max output |
| [Gemini 3.6 Flash](/models/google__gemini-3.6-flash/) Google | 1479.5 +49.8 | $1.50 | Balanced −27% Summarise −39% Chat −18% Code gen −16% Agentic −24% | 262K → 66K max output |
| [GLM 5.3](/models/z-ai__glm-5.3/) Z.ai | 1471.4 +41.7 | $1.00 Price under confirmation since Oct 12, 2026 | Balanced −52% Summarise −70% Chat −31% Code gen −28% Agentic −38% | no image input |
| [GLM 5.2](/models/z-ai__glm-5.2/) Z.ai | 1470 +40.3 | $1.12 Price under confirmation since Oct 12, 2026 | Balanced −46% Summarise −63% Chat −27% Code gen −24% Agentic −34% | no image input |
| [MiMo-V2.5-Pro](/models/xiaomi__mimo-v2.5-pro/) Xiaomi | 1465.1 +35.4 | $0.544 Price under confirmation since Oct 21, 2026 | Balanced −74% Summarise −71% Chat −77% Code gen −78% Agentic −77% | no image input |
| [MiMo-V2.6-Flash](/models/xiaomi__mimo-v2.6-flash/) Xiaomi | 1455.2 +25.5 | $0.168 Price under confirmation since Oct 21, 2026 | Balanced −92% Summarise −91% Chat −93% Code gen −93% Agentic −93% | 262K → 131K max output |
| [GLM 5.1](/models/z-ai__glm-5.1/) Z.ai | 1462.6 +32.9 | $1.83 Price under confirmation since Oct 21, 2026 | Balanced −12% Summarise under 1% less Chat −4% Code gen −10% | 1M → 205K context 262K → 131K max output no image input |
| [Qwen3.7 Plus](/models/qwen__qwen3.7-plus/) Qwen | 1454.6 +24.9 | $0.560 | Balanced −73% Summarise −74% Chat −70% Code gen −70% Agentic −71% | 1M → 1M context 262K → 131K max output |
| [Kimi K2.6](/models/moonshotai__kimi-k2.6/) Moonshot AI | 1455.4 +25.7 | $0.825 | Balanced −60% Summarise −64% Chat −56% Code gen −55% Agentic −59% | 1M → 262K context 262K → 236K max output |
| [Gemma 4 31B](/models/google__gemma-4-31b-it/) Google | 1442.9 +13.2 | $0.205 | Balanced −90% Summarise −87% Chat −89% Code gen −90% Agentic −83% | 1M → 262K context 262K → 16K max output |
| [GLM 5](/models/z-ai__glm-5/) Z.ai | 1446.1 +16.4 | $1.09 | Balanced −47% Summarise −46% Chat −46% Code gen −47% Agentic −43% | 1M → 205K context 262K → 131K max output no image input |
| [DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v4-pro/) DeepSeek | 1445.4 +15.7 | $1.21 Price under confirmation since Oct 21, 2026 | Balanced −42% Summarise −56% Chat −27% Code gen −24% Agentic −34% | no image input |
| [Kimi K2.5](/models/moonshotai__kimi-k2.5/) Moonshot AI | 1445 +15.3 | $1.20 | Balanced −42% Summarise −50% Chat −34% Code gen −32% Agentic −37% | 1M → 262K context 262K → 236K max output |
| [Hy3](/models/tencent__hy3/) Tencent | 1437.4 tie | $0.231 | Balanced −89% Summarise −89% Chat −88% Code gen −88% Agentic −87% | 1M → 262K context 262K → 128K max output no image input |
| [GLM 4.6](/models/z-ai__glm-4.6/) Z.ai | 1439.9 tie | $0.760 Price under confirmation since Oct 21, 2026 | Balanced −63% Summarise −66% Chat −60% Code gen −60% Agentic −60% | 1M → 205K context 262K → 131K max output no image input |
| [Qwen3.8 27B](/models/qwen__qwen3.8-27b/) Qwen | 1440.6 +10.9 | $0.956 Price under confirmation since Oct 21, 2026 | Balanced −54% Summarise −62% Chat −45% Code gen −43% Agentic −49% | 1M → 1M context 262K → 66K max output |
| [Qwen3.5 397B A17B](/models/qwen__qwen3.5-397b-a17b/) Qwen | 1437.9 tie | $0.878 | Balanced −58% Summarise −58% Chat −45% Code gen −47% Agentic −35% | 1M → 262K context 262K → 66K max output |
| [Gemma 4 26B A4B](/models/google__gemma-4-26b-a4b-it/) Google | 1433.9 tie | $0.128 | Balanced −94% Summarise −94% Chat −92% Code gen −93% Agentic −92% | 1M → 262K context 262K → 236K max output |
| [Step 5 Preview](/models/stepfun__step-5-preview/) StepFun | 1440 tie | $1.43 | Balanced −31% Summarise −28% Chat −34% Code gen −34% Agentic −32% | 262K → 64K max output |
| [Qwen3.6 Plus](/models/qwen__qwen3.6-plus/) Qwen | 1436.4 tie | $0.731 | Balanced −65% Summarise −65% Chat −54% Code gen −56% Agentic −46% | 1M → 1M context 262K → 66K max output |
| [Inkling](/models/thinkingmachines__inkling/) Thinking Machines | 1441.2 +11.5 | $1.73 | Balanced −16% Summarise −24% Chat −8% Code gen −7% Agentic −11% | 1M → 524K context |
| [GLM 4.7](/models/z-ai__glm-4.7/) Z.ai | 1435.5 tie | $0.738 | Balanced −64% Summarise −67% Chat −60% Code gen −60% Agentic −61% | 1M → 205K context 262K → 131K max output no image input |
| [DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v4-flash/) DeepSeek | 1432.2 tie | $0.113 Price under confirmation since Oct 12, 2026 | Balanced −95% Summarise −94% Chat −95% Code gen −95% Agentic −94% | no image input |
| [MiniMax M3](/models/minimax__minimax-m3/) MiniMax | 1433.4 tie | $0.485 524K context at this price; 1M published | Balanced −77% Summarise −78% Chat −75% Code gen −74% Agentic −74% | 1M → 524K context at this price |
| [Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite](/models/google__gemini-3.5-flash-lite/) Google | 1434.7 tie | $0.850 | Balanced −59% Summarise −71% Chat −48% Code gen −46% Agentic −56% | 262K → 66K max output |
| [GPT-5.6 Luna](/models/openai__gpt-5.6-luna/) OpenAI | 1430.6 tie | $0.450 | Balanced −78% Summarise −83% Chat −74% Code gen −73% Agentic −77% | 262K → 128K max output |
| [GLM 5V Turbo](/models/z-ai__glm-5v-turbo/) Z.ai | 1437.5 tie | $1.90 | Balanced −8% Summarise −8% Chat −4% Code gen −5% Agentic −1% | 1M → 203K context 262K → 131K max output |
| [GLM 4.5](/models/z-ai__glm-4.5/) Z.ai | 1430 tie | $1.00 | Balanced −52% Summarise −53% Chat −48% Code gen −49% Agentic −48% | 1M → 131K context 262K → 98K max output no image input |

## What this compares, and what it leaves out

 - Quality is LMArena Elo, used under CC BY 4.0 from the official dataset. The 95% confidence interval on a difference between two scores is about ±10.36 points, so a gap smaller than that is marked *tie* rather than an improvement — see [significance bands](/significance/).
 - 203 further models at this delivery mode carry a price but no independent score. They are absent from the comparison in both directions — unrated is not a zero, and an unmeasured model is neither an alternative nor a worse buy.
 - Retired models are never offered as an alternative, and a model only competes against its own delivery mode: batch trades latency for price, so it is not a like-for-like swap.
 - Nothing here measures latency, throughput, rate limits or how a model behaves on your prompts. Two models with the same index score are not interchangeable.
 - Models with no higher-scoring or cheaper alternative that is no worse on the other axis are on the [value frontier](/frontier/). Models with such an alternative are [listed here](/alternatives/).

## Continue your investigation

 - [Check requirements](/check/)
- [Compare exact differences](/compare/)
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- [Inspect tier boundaries](/cliffs/)