Mistral AI
Mistral AI ranks #16 of 91 providers on BenchLeader by its best model, with 31 ranked models. Its best model is Mistral Large 4 at 56.7 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in long context. Prices run from $0.058 to $6.00 per million tokens blended; Mistral Small 3 is the cheapest ranked option. The fastest is Ministral 3 3B at 207 tokens per second. 32 of its 52 models ship open weights. It has shipped 18 dated releases, roughly one every 28 days; the last was 6 Oct 2026, so the next would be due between 22 Oct 2026 and 14 Nov 2026 on that pattern.
Europe's leading lab, mixing open-weights (Mistral Small, Devstral) and commercial models (Medium, Large, Magistral); strong enterprise and sovereign-cloud positioning.
- Provider rank
- #16
- by best model
- Best index
- 56.7
- Mistral Large 4
- Ranked models
- 31
- 32 open weights
- Cheapest ranked
- $0.058/M
- Mistral Small 3
Release timeline
Each model’s best configuration by release date. The top eight are labelled; hover any point for its name.
- Mistral AI30
Next release
Over the last two years Mistral AI shipped 18 distinct models, one every 28 days on median. The latest arrived on 6 Oct 2026.
If the cadence holds, the next one lands between 22 Oct 2026 and 14 Nov 2026.
An estimate from past release dates only. It knows nothing about roadmaps or announcements.
Fastest ranked model: Ministral 3 3B at 207 tok/s.
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Every Mistral AI model with a result, one row per model; switch to all configurations to see each reasoning effort.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mistral Large 4open | 56.7±6 | $2.06 | 95 | 24 s | 1.0M | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-23 |
| 2 | Mistral Medium 3.5open | 49.4±6 | $3.00 | 159 | 15 s | 262k | 2026-04-28 | 2026-10-23 |
| 3 | Mistral Small 3.1 24B 2503 | 47.1±1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-10-22 |
| 4 | Mistral Medium 3.1 | 46.1±5 | $0.800 | 79 | 0.60 s | 262k | 2025-08-12 | 2026-10-22 |
| 5 | Mistral Small 4thinkingopen | 45.6±4 | $0.262 | 183 | 12 s | 262k | 2026-03-16 | 2026-03-16 · stale |
| 6 | Mistral Large 3open | 45.4±4 | $0.750 | 79 | 1.06 s | 262k | 2025-12-02 | 2026-10-23 |
| 7 | Mistral Medium 3 | 44.1±3 | $0.800 | 47 | 2.41 s | 131k | 2025-05-07 | 2026-10-22 |
| 8 | Magistral Medium 1.2 | 43.9±6 | – | – | – | 128k | 2025-09-18 | 2026-10-13 |
| 9 | Mistral Large 2.1open | 42.5±4 | – | – | – | 128k | 2024-11-18 | 2026-10-22 |
| 10 | Devstral 2open ↗ | 42.3±4 | $0.800 | 80 | 0.72 s | 262k | 2025-12-09 | 2026-10-23 |
| 11 | Devstral Small 2507open ↗ | 41.9±2 | – | – | – | 256k | 2025-07-10 | 2025-07-10 · stale |
| 12 | Pixtral Largeopen | 41.9±2 | $3.00 | – | – | 128k | 2024-11-18 | 2026-10-19 |
| 13 | Magistral Medium(Jun 2025)mediumsuperseded ↗ | 41.8±6 | – | – | – | 40k | 2025-06-10 | 2026-10-22 |
| 14 | Devstral Small 2505superseded ↗open | 41.7±2 | $0.150 | – | – | 256k | 2025-05-21 | 2025-05-21 · stale |
| 15 | Mistral Small 3.2open ↗ | 41.6±4 | $0.110 | 43 | 1.10 s | 128k | 2025-06-20 | 2026-10-22 |
| 16 | Mistral Large 2open | 40.7±5 | $3.00 | 51 | 0.64 s | 131k | 2024-07-24 | 2026-10-22 |
| 17 | Magistral Small 1.2open | 40.3±5 | $0.750 | 78 | 27 s | 128k | 2025-09-18 | 2026-10-13 |
| 18 | Mistral Large 24.02 | 40.2±4 | $6.00 | 53 | 0.70 s | 128k | 2024-02-26 | 2026-10-22 |
| 19 | Devstral Mediummedium | 39.8±7 | – | – | – | 256k | 2025-07-10 | 2026-10-23 |
| 20 | Devstral Small 2open | 39.5±5 | – | – | – | 256k | 2025-12-09 | 2026-09-01 |
| 21 | Ministral 3 14Bopen ↗ | 39.5±2 | $0.200 | 83 | 0.95 s | 262k | 2025-12-02 | 2025-12-02 · stale |
| 22 | Mistral Small 3open ↗ | 39.3±4 | $0.058 | 39 | 1.09 s | 33k | 2025-01-25 | 2026-10-22 |
| 23 | Ministral 3 8Bopen ↗ | 38.4±3 | $0.150 | 113 | 0.86 s | 262k | 2025-12-02 | 2025-12-02 · stale |
| 24 | Ministral 8B(Oct 2024)open | 37.9±5 | $0.150 | – | – | 262k | 2024-10-16 | 2026-10-22 |
| 25 | Magistral Small(Jun 2025)open | 37.6±6 | $0.262 | – | – | 262k | 2025-06-10 | 2025-06-10 · stale |
| 26 | Mixtral 8x22B Instructopen ↗ | 37.4±3 | $3.00 | 104 | 0.47 s | 66k | 2024-04-17 | 2026-10-22 |
| 27 | Ministral 3 3Bopen ↗ | 37.0±4 | $0.100 | 207 | 0.68 s | 131k | 2025-12-02 | 2025-12-02 · stale |
| 28 | Mistral Small 3.1open | 36.3±3 | $0.095 | 41 | 0.89 s | 128k | 2025-03-17 | 2026-10-13 |
| 29 | Mistral Small 2402 | 32.0±7 | – | – | – | 33k | 2024-02-26 | 2026-09-01 |
| 30 | Mixtral 8x7Bopen | 31.7±5 | $0.513 | 25 | 1.11 s | 33k | 2023-12-11 | 2026-10-22 |
| 31 | Mistral 7B v0.3open | 31.5±4 | $0.162 | – | – | 66k | 2024-05-27 | 2026-10-22 |
| 32 | Mistral v0 3 7B | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2025-11-24 · stale |
| 33 | Open Mistral Nemoopen | – | $0.150 | – | – | 128k | 2024-07-18 | 2024-07-18 · stale |
| 34 | Ministral 3B(Oct 2024)open | – | $0.100 | – | – | 131k | 2024-10-16 | 2024-10-16 · stale |
| 35 | Mistral 7B(Sept 2023)open | – | – | – | – | – | 2023-09-27 | 2023-09-27 · stale |
| 36 | Mixtral 8x22Bopen | – | – | – | – | – | 2024-04-17 | 2024-04-17 · stale |
| 37 | Pixtral 12Bopen | – | $0.150 | – | – | 128k | 2024-09-17 | 2026-10-19 |
| 38 | Codestral 2405 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-01-27 · stale |
| 39 | Codestral 2508 | – | $0.450 | 100 | 0.35 s | 256k | 2025-07-30 | – |
| 40 | Mistral Small v24.09open | – | – | – | – | 33k | 2024-09-17 | 2024-09-17 · stale |
| 41 | Saba | – | $0.300 | 93 | 0.47 s | 33k | 2025-02-17 | 2025-02-17 · stale |
| 42 | Leanstral 1.5open | – | – | – | – | 262k | 2026-06-30 | – |
| 43 | Magistral Small 1.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 44 | Mistral Magistral | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 45 | Mistral Medium 2312 | – | – | – | – | – | 2023-12-11 | – |
| 46 | Mistral Nemoopen ↗ | – | $0.029 | 21 | 0.81 s | 131k | 2024-07-18 | – |
| 47 | Mistral Nemo Base 2407 | – | – | – | – | – | 2024-07-18 | – |
| 48 | Mistral Small 3.1 24Bopen ↗ | – | $0.402 | 36 | 0.44 s | 128k | – | – |
| 49 | video_chat2_mistral | – | – | – | – | – | 2023-11-29 | – |
| 50 | Voxtral Mini 2602 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 51 | Voxtral Mini Transcribe Realtime 2602 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 52 | Voxtral Small 24B 2507 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Latest news
- France's Crédit Agricole taps Mistral AI to build its AI platformActuIA · 22 Oct 2026
- Mistral AI: Sovereign AI and a €21bn Valuation PushAI Magazine · 20 Oct 2026
- Mistral AI launches Voxtral 3, a full voice agent stack that listens, thinks, and talks in real timeThe Decoder · 20 Oct 2026
- CERN and Mistral partner to build Flare, a new AI model for physicsReuters · 15 Oct 2026
- CERN and Mistral join forces to accelerate AI for science – HomeHome | CERN · 15 Oct 2026
- Mistral: French AI firm announces Le Chonk, a new, private modelDW.com · 6 Oct 2026
- Mistral to Release New AI Model to Better Compete With U.S. RivalsWSJ · 6 Oct 2026
- Arthur Mensch, CEO of French start-up Mistral AI: 'AI is software. It can be controlled'Le Monde.fr · 24 Sept 2026