Model comparison - Similar price, same tier
Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Mistral Large 4
Gemini 3.8 Flash is from Google and Mistral Large 4 is from Mistral AI. On list price, Mistral Large 4 charges 1.8x Gemini 3.8 Flash's input price ($1.36 vs $0.75 per 1M tokens), and Gemini 3.8 Flash charges 10% less than Mistral Large 4 for output ($3.75 vs $4.18 per 1M tokens). Gemini 3.8 Flash has a 1,048,576-token context window and Mistral Large 4 1,000,000 tokens; Gemini 3.8 Flash returns up to 65,536 output tokens per response, and no primary source states a max output for Mistral Large 4. Gemini 3.8 Flash was released on September 2, 2026 and Mistral Large 4 on October 5, 2026. Both are closed-weights models, available only through an API.
Last verified from each provider's pricing page. All sources
Side-by-side specs
| Spec | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Input / 1M tokens | $0.75 | $1.36 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $3.75 | $4.18 |
| Cache read / 1M | $0.075 | $0.14 |
| Batch input / 1M | $0.375 | $0.68 |
| Batch output / 1M | $1.875 | $2.09 |
| Context window | 1,048,576 | 1,000,000 |
| Max output | 65,536 | - |
| Release date | ||
| Weights | Closed | Closed |
| API model id | gemini-3.8-flash | mistral-large-4 |
| AI Gateway id | google/gemini-3.8-flash | mistral/mistral-large-4 |
| Last verified |
Prices in USD per 1M tokens at each provider's standard first-party rate. A dash means the provider does not bill that item separately or no primary page states it.
What each costs in practice
The same three workloads every model page uses, worked from each model's standard list rates. Swap in your own token counts with the math on each model's page.
| Workload | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| One agent session1M input tokens and 100K output tokens, no caching. | $1.13 | $1.78 |
| A chat app10,000 requests a day at 2K input and 500 output tokens each. | $33.75$1,012.50 per 30-day month | $48.10$1,443.00 per 30-day month |
| The same session at a 90% cache hit90% of the input is read from the prompt cache. The one-time cache write premium is not included. | $0.5175 | $0.68 |
Show the math
Gemini 3.8 Flash
- One agent sessionInput: 1M x $0.75 = $0.75Output: 0.1M x $3.75 = $0.375
- A chat appInput: 20M x $0.75 = $15.00Output: 5M x $3.75 = $18.75
- The same session at a 90% cache hitCached input: 0.9M x $0.075 = $0.0675Uncached input: 0.1M x $0.75 = $0.075Output: 0.1M x $3.75 = $0.375
Mistral Large 4
- One agent sessionInput: 1M x $1.36 = $1.36Output: 0.1M x $4.18 = $0.418
- A chat appInput: 20M x $1.36 = $27.20Output: 5M x $4.18 = $20.90
- The same session at a 90% cache hitCached input: 0.9M x $0.14 = $0.126Uncached input: 0.1M x $1.36 = $0.136Output: 0.1M x $4.18 = $0.418
Benchmarks under the same setting
No board in the benchmark directory lists both Gemini 3.8 Flash and Mistral Large 4 under the same setting, so there is no like-for-like score to show here.
Set them up in your tools
Step-by-step guides whose official docs list Gemini 3.8 Flash or Mistral Large 4 by model id.
Model pages
FAQ
How do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Mistral Large 4 compare on price?
On list price, Mistral Large 4 charges 1.8x Gemini 3.8 Flash's input price ($1.36 vs $0.75 per 1M tokens), and Gemini 3.8 Flash charges 10% less than Mistral Large 4 for output ($3.75 vs $4.18 per 1M tokens). For one agent session of 1M input and 100K output tokens with no caching, that is $1.13 on Gemini 3.8 Flash and $1.78 on Mistral Large 4. Prices are each provider's first-party list rates, verified October 17, 2026 and October 17, 2026.
What are the context windows of Gemini 3.8 Flash and Mistral Large 4?
Gemini 3.8 Flash has a 1,048,576-token context window and Mistral Large 4 1,000,000 tokens; Gemini 3.8 Flash returns up to 65,536 output tokens per response, and no primary source states a max output for Mistral Large 4.
Are Gemini 3.8 Flash and Mistral Large 4 open weights?
Gemini 3.8 Flash is closed-weights and is called through Google's API as gemini-3.8-flash. Mistral Large 4 is closed-weights and is called through Mistral AI's API as mistral-large-4.
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Sources
Gemini 3.8 Flash verified from ai.google.dev; Mistral Large 4 verified from docs.mistral.ai. This page is as current as the older of the two: .
- https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing
- https://docs.mistral.ai/inference/pricing
- https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.8-flash
- https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog
- https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models
- https://docs.mistral.ai/models/mistral-large-4-0
- https://docs.mistral.ai/resources/changelogs
- https://docs.mistral.ai/models
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