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Mistral AI releases "Le Chonk" coding model, trails top Chinese AI

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Mistral AI has released the weights for its new trillion-parameter model, "Le Chonk" (also known as Large 4), developed in Europe. The company claims it excels in coding tasks and offers competitive speed and cost compared to other open models. However, "Le Chonk" does not yet reach the performance levels of top Chinese models, such as DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and GLM-5.3, in overall capabilities. AI

IMPACT This release offers a new open-source option for coding tasks, though it highlights the continued lead of some Chinese models in overall performance.

RANK_REASON Frontier lab model release with system card. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Mistral AI releases "Le Chonk" coding model, trails top Chinese AI

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  1. The Decoder TIER_1 English(EN) · Maximilian Schreiner ·

    Paris-based Mistral releases "Le Chonk," a strong coding model that still trails China overall

    <p><img alt="" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="1152" src="https://the-decoder.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/mistral_ai-3.png" style="height: auto; margin-bottom: 10px;" width="2048" /></p> <p> Mistral has released the weights for Large 4, aka "Le Chonk," …

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