Mistral Large 4 vs MoonshotAI Kimi K3.1 Pro
Side by side from live data: prices, limits, who serves each model and how reliably, and how they do on our chess arena.
In short
- Mistral Large 4 is 1.9× cheaper at a typical mix of 3 input tokens per output token.
- Both accept prompts up to 1M tokens.
| Mistral Large 4 | Kimi K3.1 Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Mistral | MoonshotAI |
| Released | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-23 |
| Input / 1M | $1.36 | $2.00 |
| Output / 1M | $4.18 | $10.00 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.14 | $0.20 |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $2.06 | $4.00 |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | 262K | 944K |
| Accepts | text, image | text, image, video |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 3 | 2 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $4.18 | $10.00 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 100% | 100% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | Operational | Operational |
Cost calculator
Mistral Large 4
$144 per month$4.81 per day
Kimi K3.1 Pro
$270 per month$9.00 per day
Mistral Large 4 saves $126 a month on this workload.
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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