Side-by-side comparison of Mistral Small (Mistral AI · France) and Mistral Small 4 (Mistral AI · France) for self-hosted deployment of the open-weight model. Mistral Small is rated EU-ready; Mistral Small 4 is EU-ready. They part ways on training data: Mistral Small is "Partial", Mistral Small 4 is "Undisclosed".
| Field | ||
|---|---|---|
| Summary | ||
| Verdict | EU-ready Best-in-class permissive licence from an EU vendor. Apache 2.0 means no usage caps, no royalty, no revocation risk. | EU-ready Unified model folding Instruct, reasoning (Magistral) and code (Devstral) into a single 119B MoE under Apache 2.0. 6.5B active params, 256K context, 24 languages, toggleable reasoning effort. Strongest permissive EU option at this scale. |
| Last reviewed | 2026-04-15 | 2026-04-15 |
| Open-weight | ||
| Licence | Apache 2.0 | Apache 2.0 |
| Commercial use | Yes | Yes |
| Training data | Partial | Undisclosed |
| Origin | EU | EU |
| Performance & pricing? | ||
| Quality index | 13/100 | 19/100 |
| Speed | 152 tok/s | 147 tok/s |
| Blended price | $0.15/M | $0.26/M |
| Context window | — | — |
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