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| Attribute | Mistral Small 4 Mistral AI |
|---|---|
| Summary | A compact hybrid model that combines general chat, coding, agents, and reasoning in one deployable package. |
| Best for | Private deployment, coding assistants, agents, multimodal enterprise apps |
| Watch out for | Smaller capability ceiling than Medium or Large models. |
| Family | Mistral Small |
| Type | Multimodal LLM |
| Status | GA / open weights |
| Released | 2026-03-16 |
| Context window | 262.1K |
| Max output | Not listed |
| Inputs | Text, image |
| Outputs | Text |
| Reasoning | Yes — selectable modes |
| Tool calling | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes |
| API available | Yes and self-hosted |
| Open weights | Yes |
| Self-hostable | Yes |
| License | Open-weight license |
| Price | See provider pricing |