Mistral Large 4
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Mistral Large 4 is a vision-language model from Mistral. It ranks 42 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1272±19 from 1,008 votes. Its best category is OCR (#39 of 123). License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- Mistral
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
No data: Homework, Captioning, Entity recognition, Creative writing, Humor, Chinese.
Who it suits
- Overall #42 of 167: upper half.
- Strongest category: OCR (#39 of 123).
- Proprietary; used through Mistral’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 |  Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 | +4 |
| 40 |  Dola Seed 2.0 Pro ByteDance | 1274 | 10,972 | Proprietary | +2 |
| 41 |  Claude Sonnet 5 (High) Anthropic | 1273 | 14,034 | Proprietary | +1 |
| 42 | Mistral Large 4 Mistral | 1272 | 1,008 | Proprietary | |
| 43 |  GPT-5.6 Terra (xHigh) OpenAI | 1271 | 11,842 | Proprietary | -1 |
| 44 |  Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 | -3 |
| 45 | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite Google | 1269 | 9,238 | Proprietary | -3 |
Alternatives · More from Mistral
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | Mistral Medium 3.5 Mistral | 1222 | 5,375 | Modified MIT |
| 84 | Mistral Large 3 Mistral | 1220 | 9,254 | Apache 2.0 |
| 109 | Mistral Medium 3.1 (2508) Mistral | 1172 | 41,611 | Proprietary |
| 117 | Mistral Medium 3 (2505) Mistral | 1157 | 10,793 | Proprietary |
| 121 | Mistral Small 3.2 (2506) Mistral | 1142 | 10,843 | Apache 2.0 |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 |  GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 |  Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 | Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 | Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does Mistral Large 4 rank among vision models?
Overall rank 42 (1272); OCR rank 39 (1284); Diagrams rank 43 (1288); English rank 36 (1283) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Mistral Large 4 at OCR?
Mistral Large 4 ranks 39 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1284 (671 votes).
Is Mistral Large 4 open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through Mistral’s apps or API.
How far is Mistral Large 4 from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Mistral Large 4 has 1272, 53 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.