# Arete-27B vs Mistral Large 4 (slim)

> Arete-27B and Mistral Large 4 score within a point of each other for open-weight models you run yourself, 55.1 and 54.6 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Arete-27B and Mistral Large 4 score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 55.1 (C) and 54.6 (C). Mistral Large 4 leads on risk and agent interface. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Arete-27B: C 55.1, rank #123 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/arete-27b.min.md
- Mistral Large 4: C 54.6, rank #128 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mistral-large-4.min.md
- Arete-27B, good for Agents that want Qwen3.8-27B's coding and tool use without its handling of politically sensitive topics, on a 24 GB card or a 128 GB machine
- Mistral Large 4, good for Operators with an 8-GPU Blackwell or H200 node who want a frontier-sized open model for coding agents and defensive security, with a hosted twin on Mistral's API. Ahead on Risk, 75 against 55; Agent interface, 95 against 60.

| Category | Arete-27B | Mistral Large 4 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 50 | 50 |
| Risk (20%) | 55 | 75 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 60 | 95 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 63 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Arete-27B | Mistral Large 4 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Nous Research | Mistral AI |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Mistral Ecosystem Open-Weight License (modified MIT) |
| Last release | 2026-11-06 | 2026-10-29 |

Why the edge:
- Agent interface, Mistral Large 4 +35: Arete-27B 60 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); Mistral Large 4 95 (The chat template is in the repository (20).)
- Risk, Mistral Large 4 +20: Arete-27B 55 (File safety 25, safetensors only and no remote code.); Mistral Large 4 75 (File safety scores 25, safetensors only and loaded by Transformers' own code with a Jinja template.)