Very long inputs
Choose Mistral Large 3
Mistral Large 3 reads up to 256k tokens per request, against 8k for Tiny Aya Global.
Mistral Large 3 vs Tiny Aya Global: price, context and capabilities
Choose Mistral Large 3 for very long inputs and images as input. Choose Tiny Aya Global for the latest release.
In short
- A price comparison is not possible: one of them has no comparable published price.
- Mistral Large 3 reads more per request: 256k tokens against 8k.
- Tiny Aya Global is the newer model (Feb 17, 2026, against December 2025).
- Only Mistral Large 3 offers vision, tool calling, structured output.
Which should you choose?
Each answer below comes straight from the published prices, specifications and independent benchmark results.
Images as input
Choose Mistral Large 3
Mistral Large 3 accepts images as input; Tiny Aya Global does not.
Latest release
Choose Tiny Aya Global
Tiny Aya Global is the newer release (Feb 17, 2026, against December 2025 for Mistral Large 3).
Specifications side by side
| Mistral Large 3 | Tiny Aya Global | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Cohere |
| Category | Language models | Language models |
| Status | Legacy | Generally available |
| Headline price | No data | No data |
| Input | No data | No data |
| Output | No data | No data |
| Cached input | No data | No data |
| Context window | 256k | 8k |
| Max output | No data | No data |
| Released | December 2025 | Feb 17, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | No data |
| Licence | Open weights | Open weights |
| Capabilities | Vision, Tool calling, Structured output, Self-hostable | Self-hostable |
| API model id | mistral-large-2512 | tiny-aya-global |
Benchmarks side by side
Leader in bold.
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Tiny Aya Global |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 68% | 30.5% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.2% | 5.2% |
| IFBench (instruction following) | 36.2% | 20.1% |
| Intelligence Index | 9.3 | No data |
| Terminal-Bench Hard | 15.9% | No data |
| SciCode | 36.6% | No data |
| τ²-Bench (agentic tool use) | 24.6% | No data |
| MMMU-Pro (visual reasoning) | 55.7% | No data |
| Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 36% | No data |
Independent evaluations by Artificial Analysis, run the same way for every model, at the reasoning setting shown. Percentages unless marked as an index.
Frequently asked questions
Should I choose Mistral Large 3 or Tiny Aya Global?
Choose Mistral Large 3 for very long inputs and images as input. Choose Tiny Aya Global for the latest release.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 3 or Tiny Aya Global?
A price comparison is not possible: one of them has no comparable published price.
Which has the larger context window, Mistral Large 3 or Tiny Aya Global?
Mistral Large 3 reads more per request: 256k tokens against 8k.
What is the difference between Mistral Large 3 and Tiny Aya Global?
Mistral Large 3 is made by Mistral AI and Tiny Aya Global by Cohere. A price comparison is not possible: one of them has no comparable published price. Mistral Large 3 reads more per request: 256k tokens against 8k. Tiny Aya Global is the newer model (Feb 17, 2026, against December 2025). Only Mistral Large 3 offers vision, tool calling, structured output.
Which is newer, Mistral Large 3 or Tiny Aya Global?
Tiny Aya Global was released on Feb 17, 2026 and Mistral Large 3 on December 2025.