Mistral Large vs Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct (Comparative Analysis)

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Comparative Analysis: Mistral Large vs. Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct

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Overview

Mistral Large was released 1 year before Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct.

	Mistral Large	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
Model Provider The organization behind this AI's development	Mistral	Qwen
Input Context Window Maximum input tokens this model can process at once	128K tokens	262.1K tokens
Output Token Limit Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once	Not specified tokens	Not specified tokens
Release Date When this model first became publicly available	February 26, 2024 1 year ago February 26th, 2024	October 6, 2025 1 month ago October 6th, 2025

Capabilities & Features

Compare supported features, modalities, and advanced capabilities

	Mistral Large	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
Input Types Supported input formats	📝Text	📝Text🖼️Image
Output Types Supported output formats	📝Text	📝Text
Tokenizer Text encoding system	Mistral	Qwen3
Key Features Advanced capabilities	✓Function Calling✓Structured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation	✓Function Calling✓Structured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation
Open Source Model availability	Proprietary	Available on HuggingFace →

Pricing

Mistral Large is roughly 13.3x more expensive compared to Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct for input tokens and roughly 10.0x more expensive for output tokens.

	Mistral Large	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
Input Token Cost Cost per million input tokens	$2.00 per million tokens	$0.15 per million tokens
Output Token Cost Cost per million outut tokens	$6.00 per million tokens	$0.60 per million tokens

Benchmarks

Compare relevant benchmarks between Mistral Large and Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct.

	Mistral Large	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
MMLU Measures knowledge across 57 subjects like law, math, history, and science	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.
MMMU Measures understanding of combined text and images across various domains	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.
HellaSwag Measures common sense reasoning by having models complete sentences about everyday situations	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.

At a Glance

Quick overview of what makes Mistral Large and Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct unique.

Mistral Large by Mistral can use external tools and APIs, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 128K token context window. Reasonably priced at $2.00/M input and $6.00/M output tokens. Released February 26th, 2024.

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct by Qwen understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 262.1K token context window. Very affordable at $0.15/M input and $0.60/M output tokens. Released October 6th, 2025.