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Devstral Small Latest vs Mistral Large Latest

This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.

Mistral

Model

Devstral Small Latest

Tool calling

Context window

256K

256,000 tokens · ~192K words

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Mistral

Model

Mistral Large Latest

Tool calling

Context window

32K

32,000 tokens · ~24K words

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Context window · side by side

Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.

Devstral Small Latest256K
Mistral Large Latest32K

Devstral Small Latest has about 8× the context window of the other in this pair.

Token calculator →Memory savings →

Devstral Small Latest has 700% more context capacity (256K vs 32K tokens). Devstral Small Latest is 80% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Devstral Small Latest. Its 256K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 32K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Devstral Small Latest. Input tokens are 80% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

Full specs

Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.

SpecDevstral Small LatestMistral Large Latest
Context window256,000 tokens (256K)32,000 tokens (32K)
Max output tokens256,000 tokens (256K)N/A
Speed tierBalancedDeep
VisionNoNo
Function callingYesYes
Extended thinkingNoNo
Prompt cachingNoNo
Batch APINoNo
Release dateN/AN/A

Pricing matrix

Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.

ProviderDevstral Small Latest inDevstral Small Latest outMistral Large Latest inMistral Large Latest out
Azure——$8.00/M$24.00/M
Google Vertex——$2.00/M$6.00/M
Mistral$0.100/M$0.300/M$0.500/M$1.50/M

Frequently asked questions

Devstral Small Latest has a larger context window: 256K tokens vs 32K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

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