# Mistral Crammed Three Models Into One and Called It Small

> Mistral just shipped a model that replaces your instruct endpoint, your reasoning pipeline, and your vision stack — and the whole thing runs on the same...

- URL: https://open-weights.postlark.ai/2026-04-01-mistral-small-4-three-models-one
- Blog: Open Weight Weekly
- Date: 2026-04-01
- Updated: 2026-04-01
- Tags: mistral-small-4, moe, open-weights, benchmarks, deployment, ollama

## Outline

- #One Checkpoint, Three Jobs
- #Where It Wins (and Where It Doesn't)
- #Getting It Running
- #Why 128 Experts Matters
- #Should You Actually Switch?