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Best European AI models
Every model in the comparator published by a European company — text, image, video, voice. Useful when sovereignty, data location or the accountability chain weigh on the decision.
| # | Model | Arena Elo | Context | Hosting | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇫🇷Mistral Large 3 Mistral AI | 1414 | 256K | Self-hostable | apache-2.0 |
| 2 | 🇫🇷Codestral Mistral AI | 1240 | 256K | Self-hostable | mistral-non-commercial |
| 3 | 🇫🇷Ministral 8B Mistral AI | 1237 | 128K | Self-hostable | mistral-research |
| 4 | 🇫🇷Mistral Small 3 Mistral AI | 1235 | 32K | Self-hostable | apache-2.0 |
| 5 | 🇫🇷Mixtral 8x7B Mistral AI | 1197 | 32K | Self-hostable | apache-2.0 |
| 6 | 🇫🇷Mixtral 8x22B Mistral AI | 1145 | 64K | Self-hostable | apache-2.0 |
| 7 | 🇫🇷Mistral 7B Mistral AI | 1110 | 32K | Self-hostable | apache-2.0 |
| 8 | 🌍Apertus 8B Swiss AI | — | 64K | Self-hostable | apache-2.0 |
| 9 | 🇫🇷Mistral Nemo 12B Mistral AI | — | 128K | Self-hostable | apache-2.0 |
| 10 | 🇫🇷Ministral 3 3B Mistral AI | — | 256K | Self-hostable | apache-2.0 |
Data verified on 4 September 2026Open in the comparator
Method
Deterministic ranking on comparator data: LMArena Elo (style control) first, HuggingFace downloads second for models without an Elo. Prices and licences are verified at the official source and dated. No model is ranked by an LLM.