Early testers vouch for Mistral's new model: fast, cheap and solid on real tasks
_AndrewZhao · x · 2026-10-30
Mistral announced three weeks of intensive training for its new model (nicknamed Le Chonk), and early tester GregGL87 reports having run it on a real-life task, saying he believes the benchmark: Mistral is now fast and cheap and kicks ass. Third-party hands-on validation rather than pure official marketing.
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