Mistral Large 4 ('Le Chonk') public preview
Oct 6, 2026
A 1.05T-parameter open-weight MoE with a 1M-token context, trained in Mistral's own EU datacenters; weights due end of October 2026.
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Mistral AI
Efficient open-weight + enterprise models; European sovereign AI
| Founded | 2023 |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
| Founders | Arthur Mensch, Guillaume Lample, Timothée Lacroix |
| Focus | Efficient open-weight + enterprise models; European sovereign AI |
| Official site | https://mistral.ai |
| Data verified | Oct 14, 2026 |
59.1Club Score (#9)
Mistral Medium 3.5Best model (59)
2Models tracked (squad)
Mistral Small 4Cheapest capable ($0.26/1M blended)
Mistral Medium 3.5Latest release (Apr 28, 2026)
100%Open-weight share (Fully open)
Models & league positions
| Model | Score | Overall | Coding | Reasoning | Value | Open-Wt | Context | $/1M in | $/1M out | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | 59 | #26 | #4 | — | #16 | #7 | 256K | $1.50 | $7.50 | Apr 28, 2026 |
| Mistral Small 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 256K | $0.15 | $0.60 | Mar 16, 2026 |
Latest releases
- Oct 15, 2026: Mistral Large 4 — Mistral Large 4 LiveBench score corrected to 47.7 per LiveBench 2.0 (livebench.ai), replacing the 71.8 carried from a stale mirror leaderboard; League Score recomputed. Benchmark update
- Oct 6, 2026: Mistral Large 4 — Released — 1M context, $0.68/$2.09 per 1M, League Score 4. Model release
- Oct 6, 2026: Mistral Large 4 — Mistral Large 4 released — added to the database. Added to database
- Oct 6, 2026: Mistral — Mistral Large 4 ('Le Chonk') public preview — A 1.05T-parameter open-weight MoE with a 1M-token context, trained in Mistral's own EU datacenters; weights due end of October 2026. Research
- Apr 28, 2026: Mistral Medium 3.5 — Released — 256K context, $1.50/$7.50 per 1M, League Score 59. Model release
Research highlights
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