What is the best Mistral model?

Leaderboard
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1	Mistral Large 4 Mistral · served by Mistral	50.0	40 / 80	83	1.1 s	$0.011	$1.36 / $4.18	1M
2	Ministral 3 8B 2512 Mistral · served by Mistral	42.5	34 / 80	124	0.3 s	$0.00027	$0.15 / $0.15	262k
3	Ministral 3 14B 2512 Mistral · served by Mistral	33.8	27 / 80	32	0.6 s	$0.00031	$0.2 / $0.2	262k
4	Mistral Small 4 Mistral · served by Mistral	32.5	26 / 80	170	0.5 s	$0.0019	$0.15 / $0.6	262k
5	Mistral Medium 3.5 Mistral · served by Mistral	28.8	23 / 80	145	0.5 s	$0.025	$1.5 / $7.5	262k
6	Ministral 3 3B 2512 Mistral · served by Mistral	26.2	21 / 80	252	0.3 s	$0.00019	$0.1 / $0.1	131k

Mistral: quick answers

What is the best Mistral model?: Mistral Large 4 has the highest verification score of the Mistral models we tested: 50.0% (40 of 80 correct) in our 2026-10-27 run.
What is the fastest Mistral model?: Ministral 3 3B 2512 is the fastest Mistral model we tested, at a median 252 output tokens per second.
What is the cheapest Mistral model?: Ministral 3 3B 2512 has the lowest billed cost per question of the Mistral models we tested: $0.00019.
Which Mistral models do you test?: Mistral Large 4, Ministral 3 8B 2512, Ministral 3 14B 2512, Mistral Small 4, Mistral Medium 3.5, Ministral 3 3B 2512.

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6 models tested, compared with 72 models from other labs.

Mistral models in color, every other model in grey

Mistral models in color, every other model in grey

Mistral models highlighted against every model in this run · higher is better

Mistral models highlighted against every model in this run · higher is better

Mistral models highlighted against every model in this run · lower is better

Mistral models highlighted against every model in this run · lower is better

Mistral models highlighted against every model in this run · lower is better

Mistral models highlighted against every model in this run · higher is better

Leaderboard
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1	Mistral Large 4 Mistral · served by Mistral	50.0	40 / 80	83	1.1 s	$0.011	$1.36 / $4.18	1M
2	Ministral 3 8B 2512 Mistral · served by Mistral	42.5	34 / 80	124	0.3 s	$0.00027	$0.15 / $0.15	262k
3	Ministral 3 14B 2512 Mistral · served by Mistral	33.8	27 / 80	32	0.6 s	$0.00031	$0.2 / $0.2	262k
4	Mistral Small 4 Mistral · served by Mistral	32.5	26 / 80	170	0.5 s	$0.0019	$0.15 / $0.6	262k
5	Mistral Medium 3.5 Mistral · served by Mistral	28.8	23 / 80	145	0.5 s	$0.025	$1.5 / $7.5	262k
6	Ministral 3 3B 2512 Mistral · served by Mistral	26.2	21 / 80	252	0.3 s	$0.00019	$0.1 / $0.1	131k

What is the best Mistral model?: Mistral Large 4 has the highest verification score of the Mistral models we tested: 50.0% (40 of 80 correct) in our 2026-10-27 run.
What is the fastest Mistral model?: Ministral 3 3B 2512 is the fastest Mistral model we tested, at a median 252 output tokens per second.
What is the cheapest Mistral model?: Ministral 3 3B 2512 has the lowest billed cost per question of the Mistral models we tested: $0.00019.
Which Mistral models do you test?: Mistral Large 4, Ministral 3 8B 2512, Ministral 3 14B 2512, Mistral Small 4, Mistral Medium 3.5, Ministral 3 3B 2512.