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title: Mistral Large 4
link: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/6/hn-49982139/
source: simonwillison-net
published: 2026-10-06T18:20:58Z
updated: 2026-10-06T18:20:58Z
first_seen: 2026-10-06T19:48:54.930461426Z
summary: 'My comment on Mistral Large 4 — Hacker News. wren6991: The benchmark is saturated. Frontier models are tested with an armadillo in fishnet tights jaywalking on Mars. OK well I couldn''t resist this one: llm -m claude-opus-5.5 ''Generate an SVG of an armadillo in fishnet tights jaywalking on Mars'' llm -m gpt-6.1-sol ''Generate an SVG of an armadillo in fishnet tights jaywalking on Mars'' llm -m gemini-3.8-flash ''Generate an SVG of an armadillo in fishnet tights jaywalking on Mars'' llm -m mistral/mistral-large-4 ''Generate an SVG of an armadillo in fishnet tights jaywalking on Mars'' Default reasoning levels for each: https://tools.simonwillison.net/markdown-svg-renderer?url=ht...'
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> [wren6991](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49977979#49979658): The benchmark is saturated. Frontier models are tested with an armadillo in fishnet tights jaywalking on Mars.

OK well I couldn't resist this one:

```
llm -m claude-opus-5.5 'Generate an SVG of an armadillo in fishnet tights jaywalking on Mars'
llm -m gpt-6.1-sol 'Generate an SVG of an armadillo in fishnet tights jaywalking on Mars'
llm -m gemini-3.8-flash 'Generate an SVG of an armadillo in fishnet tights jaywalking on Mars'
llm -m mistral/mistral-large-4 'Generate an SVG of an armadillo in fishnet tights jaywalking on Mars'
```

Default reasoning levels for each: [https://tools.simonwillison.net/markdown-svg-renderer?url=ht...](https://tools.simonwillison.net/markdown-svg-renderer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.github.com%2Fsimonw%2F18c9f7fc3b3705cf88514cb9170ec246)