# European AI Models (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.

Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/best/european-models

Last updated: September 25, 2026

## Rankings

| Rank | Model | Creator | Type | Context | Score |
|------|-------|---------|------|---------|-------|
| 1 | [Mistral Medium 3.5 128B](/models/mistral-medium-3-5-128b) | Mistral | Open Weight | 256K | 36.1 |
| 2 | [Mistral Small 4](/models/mistral-small-4) | Mistral | Open Weight | 256K | 34.3 |
| 3 | [Mistral Large 3](/models/mistral-large-3) | Mistral | Proprietary | 128K | 34.1 |
| 4 | [Mistral Large 2](/models/mistral-large-2) | Mistral | Proprietary | 128K | 29 |
| 5 | [Mistral Medium 3](/models/mistral-medium-3) | Mistral | Proprietary | 128K | 28.3 |
| 6 | [Ministral 3 14B](/models/ministral-3-14b) | Mistral | Open Weight | 128K | 25.3 |
| 7 | [Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1](/models/mixtral-8x22b-instruct-v0-1) | Mistral | Open Weight | 64K | 21.1 |
| 8 | [Ministral 3 8B](/models/ministral-3-8b) | Mistral | Open Weight | 128K | 19.3 |
| 9 | [Ministral 3 3B](/models/ministral-3-3b) | Mistral | Open Weight | 128K | 18.1 |
| 10 | [Mistral 7B v0.3](/models/mistral-7b-v0-3) | Mistral | Open Weight | 32K | 8.1 |
| — | [Holo2-235B-A22B](/models/holo2-235b-a22b) | H Company | Open Weight | 262K | — |
| — | [Holo2-30B-A3B](/models/holo2-30b-a3b) | H Company | Open Weight | 262K | — |
| — | [Holo2-4B](/models/holo2-4b) | H Company | Open Weight | 262K | — |
| — | [Holo2-8B](/models/holo2-8b) | H Company | Open Weight | 262K | — |
| — | [Holo3-122B-A10B](/models/holo3-122b-a10b) | H Company | Proprietary | 64K | — |
| — | [Holo3-35B-A3B](/models/holo3-35b-a3b) | H Company | Open Weight | 64K | — |
| — | [Holo3.1-0.8B](/models/holo3-1-0-8b) | H Company | Open Weight | 262K | — |
| — | [Holo3.1-35B-A3B](/models/holo3-1-35b-a3b) | H Company | Open Weight | 262K | — |
| — | [Holo3.1-35B-A3B-FP8](/models/holo3-1-35b-a3b-fp8) | H Company | Open Weight | 262K | — |
| — | [Holo3.1-35B-A3B-GGUF](/models/holo3-1-35b-a3b-gguf) | H Company | Open Weight | 262K | — |
| — | [Holo3.1-35B-A3B-NVFP4](/models/holo3-1-35b-a3b-nvfp4) | H Company | Open Weight | 262K | — |
| — | [Holo3.1-4B](/models/holo3-1-4b) | H Company | Open Weight | 262K | — |
| — | [Holo3.1-9B](/models/holo3-1-9b) | H Company | Open Weight | 262K | — |
| — | [Holotron-12B](/models/holotron-12b) | H Company | Open Weight | 128K | — |
| — | [Leanstral](/models/leanstral) | Mistral | Open Weight | 256K | — |
| — | [Leanstral 1.5](/models/leanstral-1-5) | Mistral | Open Weight | 256K | — |
| — | [Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)](/models/ministral-3-14b-reasoning) | Mistral | Open Weight | 128K | — |
| — | [Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)](/models/ministral-3-3b-reasoning) | Mistral | Open Weight | 128K | — |
| — | [Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)](/models/ministral-3-8b-reasoning) | Mistral | Open Weight | 128K | — |
| — | [Mistral 8x7B](/models/mistral-8x7b) | Mistral | Open Weight | 32K | — |
| — | [Mistral 8x7B v0.2](/models/mistral-8x7b-v0-2) | Mistral | Open Weight | 32K | — |
| — | [Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)](/models/mistral-small-4-reasoning) | Mistral | Open Weight | 256K | — |
| — | [OriOn-Mistral-24B](/models/orion-mistral-24b) | LightOn | Open Weight | 344K | — |
| — | [OriOn-Qwen-32B](/models/orion-qwen-32b) | LightOn | Open Weight | 262K | — |
| — | [Pharia-1-LLM-7B-control](/models/pharia-1-llm-7b-control) | Aleph Alpha | Open Weight | 8K | — |
| — | [Pharia-1-LLM-7B-control-aligned](/models/pharia-1-llm-7b-control-aligned) | Aleph Alpha | Open Weight | 8K | — |

## Key Takeaways

- Top model: [Mistral Medium 3.5 128B](/models/mistral-medium-3-5-128b) with a score of 36.1
- Best open-weight option: [Mistral Medium 3.5 128B](/models/mistral-medium-3-5-128b) at #1
- Models included: 36 (10 ranked, 26 listed without a rank)

## Compare the Leaders

- [Mistral Medium 3.5 128B vs Mistral Small 4](/compare/mistral-medium-3-5-128b-vs-mistral-small-4)