Mistral Large 4 is HERE so I did a deep dive
Mistral Large 4 just launched in public preview, and Mistral is calling it Le Chonk. We go through the official benchmarks, Artificial Analysis and Vals comparisons, API access, current pricing, and where this new model could actually be useful against Claude and GPT. 🔔 SUBSCRIBE TO BYTEFORWARD AI news, coding agents, model comparisons, benchmarks, and the things people are actually building: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGGHPOAzUaKsSc2yjsOeAFQ?sub_confirmation=1 The preview is available through Mistral Studio and the API. Downloadable weights are promised by the end of October; they were not available at this video's source cutoff. This is a launch analysis of published results, not my hands-on review. Settings and evaluation methods differ across the comparisons. Have you tried the API yet? Tell me what you asked it to do, how useful it was, and which comparison you want next. CHAPTERS 0:00 What just launched 0:37 Where it stacks up 2:00 Access and why it matters 3:06 The strongest specialist results 4:48 Images and documents 6:25 Coding without the victory lap 8:38 Workflows and professional tasks 11:28 Science and human preferences 12:46 Safety and what comes next 14:33 Access and the actual price 16:53 What I want to test SOURCES AND ACCESS Official launch and benchmark charts https://mistral.ai/news/mistral-large-4/ Official model docs and current API pricing https://docs.mistral.ai/models/mistral-large-4-0 Artificial Analysis model card https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/mistral-large-4 Vals independent model evaluation https://www.vals.ai/models/mistralai_mistral-large-4 Official X announcement https://x.com/MistralAI/status/2107457414387622310 Pricing and availability checked October 6, 2026. The model docs show discounted USD prices of $0.68 per million input tokens, $0.07 per million cached input tokens, and $2.09 per million output tokens. The launch article and independent evaluation pages show the undiscounted rates. Prices may change; check the current billing page before a run. Music: Peaceful Reflections Studio — i am no longer the same, supplied by Leo. https://music.apple.com/za/album/i-am-no-longer-the-same-single/1754786852 #MistralLarge4 #MistralAI #ai #ainews
