Migrating from pixtral-large-2411 to mistral-medium-3-5
What changes when you move from pixtral-large-2411 to mistral-medium-3-5: input price −25%, output price +25%, context window 128,000 → 256,000 tokens.
- Status
- Retired
- Shutdown
- May 31, 2026
- Time left
- —
- Status
- Active
- Shutdown
- none announced
- Time left
- —
Prices
USD per 1M tokens, standard tier| Type | pixtral-large-2411 | mistral-medium-3-5 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input | $2.00first seen October 5, 2026 · source | $1.50first seen October 5, 2026 · source | −25% |
| Output | $6.00first seen October 5, 2026 · source | $7.50first seen October 5, 2026 · source | +25% |
At 1M input and 250K output tokens a month: $3.50 on pixtral-large-2411, $3.375 on mistral-medium-3-5 (−3.6%).
Other tiers, prompt-size bands and modalities are on each model's page.
Limits
Tokens| Limit | pixtral-large-2411 | mistral-medium-3-5 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 128,000 tokensin place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source | 256,000 tokensin place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source | +100% |
| Max output tokens | Not published | Not published | — |
Benchmarks
Same benchmark, source and setting on both sides| Benchmark | pixtral-large-2411 | mistral-medium-3-5 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arena VisionArena. Ranges don't overlap. | 1095 ±9 | 1200 ±10 | +105 |
A score from one source is never compared with another source's, and company-reported scores are compared only within the same company; settings named where they differ. Data: Arena (arena.ai), CC BY 4.0.
Features and parameters
Compare modelsSame on both
- Structured outputs: supported on both.pixtral-large-2411: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source · mistral-medium-3-5: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source
- Function calling: supported on both.pixtral-large-2411: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source · mistral-medium-3-5: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source
- Batch API: supported on both.pixtral-large-2411: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source · mistral-medium-3-5: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source
- Image input: supported on both.pixtral-large-2411: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source · mistral-medium-3-5: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source
- PDF input: supported on both.pixtral-large-2411: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source · mistral-medium-3-5: in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source
Not published for pixtral-large-2411: Prompt caching, Reasoning / thinking, Fine-tuning, Built-in web search, temperature parameter, top_p parameter, logprobs, Max output tokens.
Not published for mistral-medium-3-5: Prompt caching, Fine-tuning, Built-in web search, temperature parameter, top_p parameter, logprobs, Max output tokens.
Aliases
All aliasesAliases pointing at pixtral-large-2411: pixtral-large-latest (in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source)
Aliases pointing at mistral-medium-3-5: mistral-medium-latest (in place when tracking began (October 6, 2026) · source)
Checklist
- Change the model string from
pixtral-large-2411tomistral-medium-3-5. - Re-check costs: mistral-medium-3-5 costs more than pixtral-large-2411 (output +25%).
Compared from AIWire's published data when this page loaded. Each fact links to the page it came from. Model pages: pixtral-large-2411, mistral-medium-3-5.