Mistral Large 2

Model Overview

Mistral Large 2 is Mistral AI’s flagship model, released on July 24, 2024. With 123B parameters and a 128K context window, it is designed to compete with GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet on coding, mathematics, and multilingual reasoning. Mistral Large 2 is particularly notable for its European sovereignty story: it is developed by a Paris-headquartered company, supports EU data residency, and is compliant with GDPR and ISO 27001 — making it a preferred choice for European enterprises and public sector organizations with strict data sovereignty requirements. The model supports dozens of languages natively and achieves a 92.0 pass@1 on HumanEval, placing it among the top coding models. Mistral Large 2 is available via the Mistral API, La Plateforme, Azure AI, and Google Cloud Vertex AI.

Key Specifications

Benchmark Performance

Pricing

Pricing source: https://mistral.ai/technology/ (as of 2024-08-01).

Strengths

• Top-tier coding performance (HumanEval 92.0), matching Claude 3.5 Sonnet.
• EU data residency with GDPR and ISO 27001 compliance.
• Strong multilingual coverage across European languages.
• Competitive pricing — 20% cheaper than GPT-4o on input tokens.

Weaknesses

• Text-only model; no native multimodal support.
• Mistral Research License restricts commercial use for non-Mistral customers.
• MMLU score (84.0) trails leading flagships like GPT-4o (88.7).

Use Cases

• European enterprise deployments requiring GDPR-compliant data residency.
• Code generation and refactoring workflows.
• Multilingual customer service across EU markets.
• Public sector and regulated industries needing ISO 27001 certification.

References

• Mistral Large 2 Announcement
• Mistral AI Documentation
• Mistral Technology Page