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Mistral Large 2 vs Amazon Nova Micro

A complete head-to-head: pricing, context window, benchmarks, modality coverage, and openness, with a programmatic verdict synthesized from the underlying data.

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Mistral Large 2 specs · Amazon Nova Micro specs
Verdict by category
  • PriceAmazon Nova Micro

    Amazon Nova Micro is roughly 42.9× cheaper on output tokens ($0.14 vs $6.00 per 1M).

  • Context windowTie

    Both ship a 128K-token context window.

  • BenchmarksTie

    No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores.

  • ModalitiesTie

    Both handle text.

  • OpennessMistral Large 2

    Mistral Large 2 ships open weights (Mistral Research License); Amazon Nova Micro is API-only.

It's a genuine coin-flip between Mistral Large 2 and Amazon Nova Micro: 1 category wins each, with the rest tied. Amazon Nova Micro is roughly 42.9× cheaper on output tokens ($0.14 vs $6.00 per 1M). Both ship a 128K-token context window.

No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores. Both target the same set of modalities (text), so the deciding factors are price, context, and raw quality. Mistral Large 2 ships open weights (Mistral Research License); Amazon Nova Micro is API-only.

Amazon Nova Micro is the newer of the two, released 4 months after Mistral Large 2, which usually means a more recent knowledge cutoff and updated safety post-training. Mistral Large 2 is usually picked for coding llm and multilingual workloads, while Amazon Nova Micro sees more deployments in cheapest llm and fastest llm. If pricing matters more than every last benchmark point, run the numbers in the calculator below before committing.

Side-by-side specs

SpecMistral Large 2Amazon Nova Micro
ProviderMistralOther
ReleasedJul 2024Dec 2024
Modalitiestexttext
Context window128K tokens128K tokens
Max output,,
Input · 1M$2.00 / 1M tokens$0.035 / 1M tokens
Output · 1M$6.00 / 1M tokens$0.14 / 1M tokens
Knowledge cutoff2024-04,
Open weightsYes (Mistral Research License)No
API availableYesYes

Pricing at scale

What you'd actually pay at typical workloads. Numbers come from each model's published per-million-token rates.

  • Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day$15.00 vs $0.315
  • Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day$150 vs $3.15
  • RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day$336 vs $6.09

Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day: $15.00 vs $0.315 per month, model B comes out ahead. Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day: $150 vs $3.15 per month, model B comes out ahead. RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day: $336 vs $6.09 per month, model B comes out ahead.

Price calculator

Estimated spend for the listed models at your usage. Numbers are derived from each model's published per-million-token rates.

  • Mistral Large 2$0.500
  • Amazon Nova Micro$0.011

Benchmarks compared

Only sourced numbers. Where a benchmark is missing for one model we show the available value rather than fabricating the other.

Mistral Large 2Amazon Nova Micro
  • MMLU84.0
  • HumanEval92.0
Pick Mistral Large 2 if

Mistral Large 2 fits when…

  • Strong code and math
  • EU data residency
  • Multilingual
  • Self-hosting and on-prem requirements, open weights (Mistral Research License).
Pick Amazon Nova Micro if

Amazon Nova Micro fits when…

  • Lowest-cost frontier-lab model
  • Native AWS integration
  • Generous 128k context for the price tier
  • Cost-sensitive workloads, 42.9× cheaper than Mistral Large 2 on output tokens.
Don't want either?

Consider Mistral Medium

Mistral's mid-tier balanced model, production-ready at competitive pricing.

See Mistral Medium specsMistral Large 2 vs Mistral MediumAmazon Nova Micro vs Mistral Medium

Frequently asked

  • Is Mistral Large 2 or Amazon Nova Micro cheaper?
    Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper at $0.14 / 1M tokens per million output tokens, vs $6.00 / 1M tokens for Mistral Large 2.
  • Which has the larger context window?
    Both Mistral Large 2 and Amazon Nova Micro ship a 128K-token context window.
  • Is Mistral Large 2 or Amazon Nova Micro better for coding?
    Both Mistral Large 2 and Amazon Nova Micro are competitive on coding benchmarks. See each model's individual spec page for HumanEval and SWE-bench scores where published. For an opinionated pick, consult our Best LLM for Coding ranking.
  • Are either of these models open source?
    Mistral Large 2 ships open weights (Mistral Research License). Amazon Nova Micro is API-only.
  • When were Mistral Large 2 and Amazon Nova Micro released?
    Mistral Large 2 was released by Mistral on 2024-07-24. Amazon Nova Micro was released by Other on 2024-12-03.
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