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Cactus Needle 2 vs Leanstral 1.5

Side-by-side specs, pricing & capabilities · Updated August 2026

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 Cactus ComputeCactus Needle 2Mistral AILeanstral 1.5
OrganizationCactus ComputeCactus ComputeMistral AIMistral AI
OpenTools Score
FamilyNeedleLeanstral
StatusCurrentCurrent
Release DateAug 2026Jun 2026
Context Window256 tokens256K tokens
Input PriceFreeFree
Output PriceFreeFree
Pricing NotesApache 2.0 model artifact; runtime cost depends on local hardware, not token API pricing.Mistral model card lists Leanstral 1.5 price as $0. Changelog says the Labs endpoint is scheduled to retire on 2026-09-30.
Capabilities
tool-usestructured-outputjson-schemadevice-controledge-inferenceoffline
textreasoningcodingformal-verificationtool-usestructured-output
Max Output256 tokens128K tokens
API IdentifierCactus-Compute/needle2labs-leanstral-1-5
Benchmarks
Mobile Actions Ordered Strict Exact Match
63.7cactus-compute
BFCL v4 Single-Turn Overall
42.6cactus-compute
miniF2F
100mistral
PutnamBench
587mistral
FLTEval pass@8
43.2mistral
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ModelInputOutputTotal / movs Best
Cactus Needle 2Cheapest$0.00$0.00$0.00
Leanstral 1.5Cheapest$0.00$0.00$0.00

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