Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime 2602

Jan 2026
Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime 2602
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9Open ASR
Jan 2026released
en, es, fr +10Languages

Ranking?

Full ranking →
1Azure Speech 06 20261.92Speechmatics Enhanced23Azure Speech 07 202624Scribe v22.25ASR K12.3
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30OmniASR CTC 3B v27.331Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime 26027.832Qwen 3 ASR 0.6B Hf8

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
MBetterMultilingual×2.7—$0.001COpenCohere Transcribe 03 2026×2.7——BetterVoxtral Mini 3B 2507Open+48%—$0.001Languages: loses zh, ja, ko +2+1BetterParakeet TDT 0.6B V3, TogetheraiOpen+92%—$0.002Memory (4-bit): not verifiedBetterVoxtral Small 24B 2507Open×2.4—$0.003Languages: loses zh, ja, ko +2+1

Run it yourself

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Fits on✓ 8 GB (phone, laptop) · 8-bit✓ 16 GB · full quality✓ 24 GB GPU · full quality✓ 48 GB GPU · full quality✓ 80 GB GPU · full quality
LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use

Benchmarks

in Speech & Voice
Open ASR · average WER9#52
Open ASR · RTFx103.5#43
Open ASR · AMI Cleaned WER13.3#49
Open ASR · Earnings-22 Cleaned AA Chunked WER9.3#45
Open ASR · GigaSpeech Cleaned WER8.8#48
Open ASR · LibriSpeech Clean WER1.6#42
Open ASR · LibriSpeech Other WER4.9#50
Open ASR · SPGISpeech WER2.2#22
Open ASR · URGENT 2024 WER18#45
Open ASR · Voice Arena Monsoon WER8.9#57
Open ASR · VoxPopuli AA Cleaned WER2.6#14
Open ASR · AMI WER15.9#29
Open ASR · Earnings-22 WER11.5#31
Open ASR · GigaSpeech WER8.9#24
Open ASR · VoxPopuli WER8#28
Open ASR · URGENT 2024 Clean WER6.6#41
Open ASR · French RTFx50.4#24
Open ASR · French FLEURS WER8.2#32
Open ASR · French MCV WER9.6#25
Open ASR · French MLS WER5.6#30
Open ASR · German RTFx42.1#26
Open ASR · German FLEURS WER4.9#28
Open ASR · German MCV WER7.8#31
Open ASR · Spanish RTFx53.2#24
Open ASR · Spanish FLEURS WER2.8#19
Open ASR · Spanish MCV WER5#27
Open ASR · Spanish MLS WER4.7#32
Open ASR · Italian RTFx49.2#23
Open ASR · Italian FLEURS WER3#25
Open ASR · Italian MCV WER6.2#27
Open ASR · Italian MLS WER10.1#33
Open ASR · Portuguese RTFx39.8#21
Open ASR · Portuguese FLEURS WER4.5#24
Open ASR · Portuguese MLS WER8#27
Open ASR · Hindi RTFx33.8#16
Open ASR · Hindi Monsoon WER24.7#27
Open ASR · Dutch RTFx45.1#20
Open ASR · Dutch FLEURS WER7.6#25
Open ASR · Dutch MCV WER10.9#25
Open ASR · Dutch MLS WER9.1#26

FAQ

How much does Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime 2602 cost?›

There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.

Is Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime 2602 free to use?›

There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.

How good is Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime 2602, and what is it best at?›

#52 of 61 in Speech to text.

Is Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime 2602 better than OmniASR CTC 3B v2?›

On Open ASR · German MCV WER, Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime 2602 scores 7.8 vs 7.3 — about the same.

When was Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime 2602 released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2026-01-21. It is the current version in its line.

Is Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime 2602 open source?›

Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).

Can I run Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime 2602 locally?›

The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.

What is Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime 2602?›

Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime 2602 is an open-weights speech & voice model from Mistral, released Jan 2026.

What are the best alternatives to Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime 2602?›

Multilingual (better), Cohere Transcribe 03 2026 (open weights).