Side-by-side comparison of IBM Granite 4.1 8B (IBM · USA) and Mistral Large 2 (Mistral AI · France) for self-hosted deployment of the open-weight model. IBM Granite 4.1 8B is rated EU-ready; Mistral Large 2 is conditional. They part ways on licence: IBM Granite 4.1 8B is "Apache 2.0", Mistral Large 2 is "MRL (research)".
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| Summary | ||
| Verdict | EU-ready Per the published model card, Granite 4.1 8B is an Apache 2.0 9B-parameter dense decoder with a 131k-token context, sourced from publicly-available datasets, internal synthetic data and human-curated material. IBM continues the unusual-for-the-industry training-data transparency that anchored the Granite 3 family, and offers IP indemnification when the model is consumed via watsonx — a strong default for regulated enterprise pilots that need a defensible weights-available alternative to hyperscaler frontier models. | Conditional Frontier 123B dense model from an EU vendor. Open weights under Mistral Research License — non-commercial by default. Commercial deployment requires a separate paid licence from Mistral AI. |
| Last reviewed | 2026-05-03 | 2026-04-15 |
| Open-weight | ||
| Licence | Apache 2.0 | MRL (research) |
| Commercial use | Unrestricted | Paid licence req. |
| Training data | Disclosed | Undisclosed |
| Origin | USA | EU |
| Performance & pricing? | ||
| Quality index | — | 15/100 |
| Speed | — | 38 tok/s |
| Blended price | — | $3.00/M |
| Context window | — | — |
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