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Atria Dawn Preview vs Pixtral Large

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 11.8.

Shanghai AI Laboratory · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the overall LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 11.8, ranking #10 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Atria Dawn Preview

  • overall performance matters — it scores 52.3 and ranks #10 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose Pixtral Large

  • you want predictable pricing at $2.00/M input and $6.00/M output

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Atria Dawn Preview
Shanghai AI Laboratory
Pixtral Large
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
52.3
#10
11.8
#256
Reasoning
50.5
#12
13.1
#240
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
— / M
$2.00 / M
Output price
— / M
$6.00 / M
Context window
—
128,000

Individual benchmarks

12 reported for Atria Dawn Preview · 7 for Pixtral Large

No common benchmarks found

Atria Dawn Preview and Pixtral Largedon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

620.0B diff

Atria Dawn Preview has 620.0B more parameters than Pixtral Large, making it 500.0% larger.

Shanghai AI Laboratory
Atria Dawn Preview
744.0Bparameters
Mistral AI
Pixtral Large
124.0Bparameters
744.0B
Atria Dawn Preview
124.0B
Pixtral Large

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Pixtral Large specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Pixtral Large specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Shanghai AI Laboratory
Atria Dawn Preview
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Pixtral Large
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Tue Sep 15 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Pixtral Large supports multimodal inputs, whereas Atria Dawn Preview does not.

Pixtral Large can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Atria Dawn Preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Pixtral Large

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Atria Dawn Preview is licensed under MIT, while Pixtral Large uses Mistral Research License (MRL) for research; Mistral Commercial License for commercial use.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Atria Dawn Preview

MIT

Open weights

Pixtral Large

Mistral Research License (MRL) for research; Mistral Commercial License for commercial use

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Atria Dawn Preview was released on 2026-09-11, while Pixtral Large was released on 2024-11-18.

Atria Dawn Preview is 22 months newer than Pixtral Large.

Atria Dawn Preview

Sep 11, 2026

4 days ago

1.8yr newer
Pixtral Large

Nov 18, 2024

1.8 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Atria Dawn Preview and Pixtral Large side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Atria Dawn Preview
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Pixtral Large
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FAQ

Common questions about Atria Dawn Preview vs Pixtral Large.

Which is better, Atria Dawn Preview or Pixtral Large?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 11.8. Atria Dawn Preview is made by Shanghai AI Laboratory and Pixtral Large is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Atria Dawn Preview compare to Pixtral Large in benchmarks?

Atria Dawn Preview scores DeepSearchQA: 96.0%, BrowseComp: 92.5%, CyberGym: 86.5%, MLE-Bench Lite: 86.2%, WideSearch: 81.9%. Pixtral Large scores AI2D: 93.8%, DocVQA: 93.3%, ChartQA: 88.1%, VQAv2: 80.9%, MM-MT-Bench: 74.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Atria Dawn Preview and Pixtral Large?

Atria Dawn Preview supports an unknown number of tokens and Pixtral Large supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Atria Dawn Preview and Pixtral Large?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (52.3 vs 11.8), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (MIT vs Mistral Research License (MRL) for research; Mistral Commercial License for commercial use). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Atria Dawn Preview and Pixtral Large?

Atria Dawn Preview is developed by Shanghai AI Laboratory and Pixtral Large is developed by Mistral AI.

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