Mistral's 209M-parameter Timestral claims SOTA on GIFT-Eval time-series forecasting

NielsRogge · x · 2026-10-17

Papers with Code reports Mistral's Timestral-209M achieved SOTA on the GIFT-Eval time-series forecasting benchmark: 0.658 MASE and 0.446 CRPS zero-shot, edging out t0-gamma (0.661 MASE / 0.452 CRPS) and TIME, while also topping fev-bench with a 50.39% skill score. A 209M zero-shot model beating larger specialized forecasters marks a notable small-model milestone.

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