Mistral Large 2
Overview
Mistral Large 2 is Mistral AI’s flagship large language model with 123 billion parameters, released in July 2024. It represents the company’s top-tier offering for high-complexity tasks, competing directly with models like GPT-4o, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and LLaMA 3.1 405B while being significantly smaller and more efficient.
Key Specifications
- Parameters: 123 billion
- Context Window: 128,000 tokens
- Release Date: July 24, 2024
- Architecture Type: Dense Transformer (not MoE)
- License: Commercial (proprietary)
Architecture
Technical Parameters
- Layers: 96 transformer layers
- Hidden Size: 16,384
- Attention Heads: 128
- Query Groups: 8 (grouped query attention)
- Feed-Forward Dimensions: ~140,000
- Context Length: 128K tokens
Key Features
- Advanced function calling capabilities
- Multilingual support with enhanced European language performance
- Optimized for single H100 node deployment
- High-throughput inference
Performance
Benchmark Comparisons
Code Generation & Mathematics:
- Superior or on par with LLaMA 3.1 405B (despite being 3.3x smaller)
- Significantly improved over Mistral Large 1
Competitive Performance:
- Rivals GPT-4o on most benchmarks
- Matches Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet
- Top-tier performance across reasoning, code, and math
Efficiency:
- Can run on a single H100 node at high throughput
- More efficient than larger competitors (LLaMA 3.1 405B)
Capabilities
Strengths
- Code Generation: Exceptional performance on programming tasks
- Mathematical Reasoning: State-of-the-art math capabilities
- Long Context: 128K token window for extensive document processing
- Multilingual: Enhanced support for multiple languages
- Function Calling: Advanced tool use and API integration
- Reasoning: Strong performance on complex reasoning tasks
Use Cases
- Enterprise AI applications
- Advanced code generation and debugging
- Mathematical problem solving
- Long-document analysis and summarization
- Multi-step reasoning tasks
- API integration and tool orchestration
- Multilingual customer support
Versions
Mistral Large 1
- Original version with fewer parameters
- Released prior to July 2024
Mistral Large 2 (2407)
- 123B parameters
- July 2024 release
- Significantly enhanced capabilities
- Current flagship model
Future Updates
Mistral AI continues to iterate, with references to November 2024 updates and ongoing improvements.
Deployment
Availability
- API Access: Available via Mistral AI’s commercial API
- Cloud Platforms: Supported on major cloud providers
- On-Premises: Enterprise deployment options
- Databricks: Integrated with Databricks Model Serving
- NVIDIA NIM: Available through NVIDIA’s inference platform
Requirements
- Can run efficiently on single H100 GPU node
- Optimized for production deployment
- Commercial licensing required
Significance
Mistral Large 2 demonstrates that:
- European AI companies can compete at the frontier model level
- Smaller, well-designed models can match larger competitors
- 123B parameters can rival 405B+ models with better architecture
- Commercial viability of models between 100-150B parameters
- Mistral AI’s position as a serious challenger to OpenAI and Anthropic
The model represents Mistral’s commitment to building competitive frontier models while maintaining efficiency and practical deployment characteristics.
Resources
- Official Announcement: https://mistral.ai/news/mistral-large-2407
- Developer: Mistral AI
- Related Models: Mistral 7B, Mixtral 8x7B, Codestral
Status: OK
Last Updated: 2025-12-25
Review: Completed and approved for publication