# Best Mistral Models (2026)

> All Mistral AI models ranked by benchmark performance — Mistral Large, Mixtral, and more.

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

Last updated: September 10, 2026

## Rankings

| Rank | Model | Creator | Type | Context | Score |
|------|-------|---------|------|---------|-------|
| 1 | [Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)](/models/ministral-3-14b-reasoning) | Mistral | Open Weight | 128K | 47.18 |
| 2 | [Mistral Large 3](/models/mistral-large-3) | Mistral | Proprietary | 128K | 45.61 |
| 3 | [Mistral Small 4](/models/mistral-small-4) | Mistral | Open Weight | 256K | 42.97 |
| 4 | [Mistral 8x7B](/models/mistral-8x7b) | Mistral | Open Weight | 32K | 42.91 |
| 5 | [Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)](/models/ministral-3-8b-reasoning) | Mistral | Open Weight | 128K | 38.41 |
| 6 | [Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)](/models/ministral-3-3b-reasoning) | Mistral | Open Weight | 128K | 37.56 |
| 7 | [Mistral 8x7B v0.2](/models/mistral-8x7b-v0-2) | Mistral | Open Weight | 32K | 37.19 |
| 8 | [Mistral Large 2](/models/mistral-large-2) | Mistral | Proprietary | 128K | 36.41 |
| 9 | [Mistral Medium 3](/models/mistral-medium-3) | Mistral | Proprietary | 128K | 30.55 |
| 10 | [Ministral 3 14B](/models/ministral-3-14b) | Mistral | Open Weight | 128K | 30.27 |
| 11 | [Mistral Medium 3.5 128B](/models/mistral-medium-3-5-128b) | Mistral | Open Weight | 256K | 30.13 |
| 12 | [Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1](/models/mixtral-8x22b-instruct-v0-1) | Mistral | Open Weight | 64K | 26.65 |
| 13 | [Ministral 3 8B](/models/ministral-3-8b) | Mistral | Open Weight | 128K | 17.87 |
| 14 | [Ministral 3 3B](/models/ministral-3-3b) | Mistral | Open Weight | 128K | 16.04 |
| 15 | [Mistral 7B v0.3](/models/mistral-7b-v0-3) | Mistral | Open Weight | 32K | 8.66 |

## Key Takeaways

- Top model: [Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)](/models/ministral-3-14b-reasoning) with a score of 47.18
- Best open-weight option: [Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)](/models/ministral-3-14b-reasoning) at #1
- Models included: 15

## Compare the Leaders

- [Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) vs Mistral Large 3](/compare/ministral-3-14b-reasoning-vs-mistral-large-3)