# Inkling 2 Small vs Mistral Large 4 (slim)

> Inkling 2 Small scores 58.8 (C) to Mistral Large 4's 54.6 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Inkling 2 Small scores 58.8 (C) on agent readiness against Mistral Large 4's 54.6 (C), and leads in 1 of 4 scored categories. Mistral Large 4 leads on reach, risk and agent interface. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Inkling 2 Small: C 58.8, rank #102 of 161 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inkling-2-small.min.md
- Mistral Large 4: C 54.6, rank #129 of 161 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mistral-large-4.min.md
- Inkling 2 Small, good for Teams with 512 GB or more of datacentre GPU memory who want Thinking Machines' newest open multimodal agent model and can run a runtime's pre-release image.
- 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 Reach, 50 against 40; Risk, 75 against 65; Agent interface, 95 against 85.

| Category | Inkling 2 Small | Mistral Large 4 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 40 | 50 |
| Risk (20%) | 65 | 75 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 95 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 67 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Inkling 2 Small | Mistral Large 4 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Thinking Machines Lab | Mistral AI |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Mistral Ecosystem Open-Weight License (modified MIT) |
| Last release | 2026-11-12 | 2026-10-29 |

Why the edge:
- Reach, Mistral Large 4 +10: Inkling 2 Small 40 (Memory 0 of 30, the smallest build is Thinking Machines' NVFP4 checkpoint at 393.5 GB, about 472 GB with a fifth added, above the 256 GB line.); Mistral Large 4 50 (Memory scores 0, since the smallest 4-bit build, Mistral's NVFP4, is 610 GB, about 732 GB with a fifth added, far above 256 GB.)
- Risk, Mistral Large 4 +10: Inkling 2 Small 65 (File safety 25, safetensors only and no repository code to run.); Mistral Large 4 75 (File safety scores 25, safetensors only and loaded by Transformers' own code with a Jinja template.)
- Agent interface, Mistral Large 4 +10: Inkling 2 Small 85 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); Mistral Large 4 95 (The chat template is in the repository (20).)