European AI Models in 2026

European AI models from Mistral, H Company, LightOn, and Aleph Alpha — ranked models first, then tracked sparse rows.

Europe has a credible model ecosystem, but it is more fragmented than China or Korea. This page shows the full tracked European surface on BenchLM: ranking-eligible Mistral rows first, followed by tracked but currently sparse rows from Mistral, H Company, LightOn, and Aleph Alpha.

BenchLM currently tracks 25 European models. Only 2 are ranking-eligible today, so this page shows the full tracked set: ranked European rows first, then tracked but benchmark-sparse models below. Right now the ranked subset is led by Mistral Large 2 and Mistral 8x7B v0.2, while the remaining 23 rows are still useful to browse for sovereignty, document AI, and computer-use coverage even when they are not ranking-eligible yet.

The best open-weight option is Mistral 8x7B v0.2 (ranked #2 with a score of 30). Open-weight models are highly competitive in this category — self-hosting is a viable alternative to proprietary APIs.

This ranking is based on overall weighted scores across BenchLM.ai's scoring formula tracked by BenchLM.ai. For detailed model profiles, click any model name below. To compare two specific models head-to-head, use the "vs #" links.

Mistral Large 2
MistralProprietary128K

59

overall

Mistral 8x7B v0.2
MistralOpen Weight32K

30

overall

Tracked
Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)
MistralOpen Weight256K

68

tracked

Tracked
Mistral Small 4
MistralOpen Weight256K

66

tracked

Tracked
Mistral Medium 3
MistralProprietary128K

56

tracked

Tracked
Mistral Large 3
MistralProprietary128K

52

tracked

Tracked
Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)
MistralOpen Weight128K

45

tracked

Tracked
Ministral 3 14B
MistralOpen Weight128K

41

tracked

Tracked
Mistral 8x7B
MistralOpen Weight32K

37

tracked

Tracked
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1
MistralOpen Weight64K

30

tracked

Tracked
Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)
MistralOpen Weight128K

27

tracked

Tracked
Mistral 7B v0.3
MistralOpen Weight32K

25

tracked

Tracked
Ministral 3 8B
MistralOpen Weight128K

24

tracked

Tracked
Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)
MistralOpen Weight128K

23

tracked

Tracked
Ministral 3 3B
MistralOpen Weight128K

20

tracked

Tracked
Holo2-235B-A22B
H CompanyOpen Weight262K

0

tracked

Tracked
Holo2-30B-A3B
H CompanyOpen Weight262K

0

tracked

Tracked
Holo2-4B
H CompanyOpen Weight262K

0

tracked

Tracked
Holo2-8B
H CompanyOpen Weight262K

0

tracked

Tracked
Holotron-12B
H CompanyOpen Weight128K

0

tracked

Tracked
Leanstral
MistralOpen Weight256K

0

tracked

Tracked
OriOn-Mistral-24B
LightOnOpen Weight344K

0

tracked

Tracked
OriOn-Qwen-32B
LightOnOpen Weight262K

0

tracked

Tracked
Pharia-1-LLM-7B-control
Aleph AlphaOpen Weight8K

0

tracked

Tracked
Pharia-1-LLM-7B-control-aligned
Aleph AlphaOpen Weight8K

0

tracked

Key Takeaways

  • According to BenchLM.ai, the top model is Mistral Large 2 by Mistral with a score of 59.
  • The best open-weight model in this ranking is Mistral 8x7B v0.2 at position #2.
  • 25 European models are listed here, including 2 ranking-eligible rows and 23 tracked sparse rows.
Last updated: March 30, 2026

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