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Pixtral Large

Deprecated

First frontier-class multimodal model (v24.11), 128k context. Deprecated 2026-02-27, retirement 2026-05-31, replaced by Mistral Medium 3.5. As of 2026-06-28 it is past its retirement date and no longer on the pricing page; classified deprecated/retiring per official legacy table. 'latest' alias pixtral-large-latest historically mapped here.

Pixtral Large by Mistral is tracked live in our LLM catalog, with a 128K (128.000-token) context window. It is deprecated, shutting down 31 May 2026; the recommended replacement is Mistral Medium 3.5. Its weights are publicly downloadable, so it can be self-hosted on your own infrastructure.

Last verified: 26 Sep 2026 · sourced from official provider documentation

Retired on 31 May 2026 · deprecated since 27 Feb 2026

Lifecycle warning

This model is deprecated. Recommended migration: Mistral Medium 3.5.

Read the Pixtral Large migration guide → replacement & cheapest alternatives

Provider
Mistral
Status
Deprecated
Input price
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Output price
—
Cached input
—
Blended price
—
Context window
128.000 tokens (128K)
Max output
—
Modality
text, vision
Open weights
Yes — self-hostable
Knowledge cutoff
—
Released
18 Nov 2024
API string
pixtral-large-2411

Source: Mistral official documentation ↗

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FAQ

Pixtral Large — questions & answers

What is the context window of Pixtral Large?

Pixtral Large has a 128.000-token context window (128K).

Is Pixtral Large being deprecated or retired?

Pixtral Large is deprecated. Its scheduled shutdown date is 31 May 2026. The recommended migration is Mistral Medium 3.5.

Does Pixtral Large support image or vision input?

Yes — Pixtral Large accepts image input. Listed modalities: text, vision.

Can I self-host Pixtral Large?

Yes — Pixtral Large is an open-weight model: its weights are publicly downloadable, so you can run it on your own infrastructure (subject to its license) instead of only calling Mistral's API.

What is the API model string for Pixtral Large?

The API model identifier for Pixtral Large is "pixtral-large-2411" when calling Mistral's API.