Mistral Large 4 debuts: 1T params, 49B active, claims strongest open weights model in US/Europe
Kyrannio · x · 2026-10-07
Mistral released Mistral Large 4, aka 'Le Chonk': 1T total parameters, natively multimodal, 49B active. It claims to be the best open weights model from the US or Europe on aggregated benchmarks, surpassing closed frontier models on visual grounding, targeting cyber defense, manufacturing and finance workloads.
Forged end-to-end in Europe and deployable via Mistral's own cloud infrastructure. Available via API today; open weights release expected end of October.
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