Mistral
Overall34/100
Tech82/100
UX / UI46 / 22
Models tested4
Best model in our testMistral Large 4
What is Mistral?
The French company Mistral AI, founded in April 2023 by former Google DeepMind and Meta researchers (Arthur Mensch, Guillaume Lample, Timothée Lacroix). Europe's largest developer of language models, many of them released with open weights.
Facts checked on 18/10/2026 · source ↗
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- Paris, France
- CEO
- Arthur Mensch
- Website
- mistral.ai ↗
- Models tested
- Mistral Large 4, Mistral Medium 3.5, Mistral Small 4, Codestral 25.08
Models by Mistral we tested
Every model by Mistral we tested on the same prompts as all other models. Click a model for details.
| Model | Released | Overall | Score | Tech | UX / UI | Loads | Total cost | Average time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral Large 4 | 06/10/2026 | 45 | 17.5/40 | 90 | 64 / 38 | 3/5 | $1.02 | 31 min 19 s |
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | 28/04/2026 | 43 | 15.5/40 | 86 | 47 / 26 | 5/5 | $1.49 | 4 min 09 s |
| Mistral Small 4 | 16/03/2026 | 21 | 6.5/40 (10) | 71 | 52 / 16 | 2/5 | $0.072 | 2 min 01 s |
| Codestral 25.08 | 30/07/2025 | 28 | 11.5/40 | 79 | 21 / 8 | 4/5 | $0.075 | 2 min 14 s |
Cost = tokens priced with the API price list valid on the date shown next to the cost (prices change). ≈ = estimate (only the total token count is known), no ≈ = exact from input / output tokens. “Loads” = the page opens without errors; technical health also checks behaviour during use – judge the quality in the viewer.