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AI model rankingsLanguageMistral Small 4

Mistral Small 4

MistralReasoning Released March 2026

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#86 smartest of 87 #10 fastest Updated Oct 30, 2026, 01:41 PM UTC

At a glance

How Mistral Small 4 compares with the other 86 ranked language models.

  • Better for simple tasks. Ranked #86 of 87 on the overall intelligence score, ahead of 1% of models.

  • Fast writer. Writes about 129 words per second, faster than 90% of models.

  • Short wait before answering. You wait about 12 sec before the answer starts.

  • Cheap to use. $0.26 per million tokens, cheaper than 83% of models.

Model details

Made by
Mistral
Model family
Mistral Small 4
Version
Reasoning
Released
March 2026 · 8 months ago
Input price
$0.15 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.60 / 1M tokens
Value for money
#35 of 82
Tests with scores
8 of 8

Good for

  • Fast, live repliesWrites about 129 words per second
  • Large volumes on a budgetOnly $0.26 per million tokens

Not ideal for

  • Complex reasoningScores in the bottom quarter overall
  • Autonomous agentsWeak on multi-step computer tasks

Intelligence

4

overall score

#86 of 87typical 30

Coding

–

coding score

typical –

Speed

172

tokens per second

#10 of 87typical 91

Wait

12 sec

before it replies

#27 of 77typical 15s

Price

$0.26

per 1M tokens

#15 of 82typical $2.00

Test results

Scores on individual tests that make up the intelligence score. The faint line marks the best score of any model.

  • Humanity's Last Exam

    Very hard expert questions across many subjects

    10%#81 of 84typical 43%
  • GPQA Diamond

    PhD-level biology, physics and chemistry questions

    77%#31 of 35typical 91%
  • SciCode

    Writing code to solve science research problems

    39%#80 of 84typical 54%
  • Long documents

    Finding and reasoning over facts in very long texts

    50%#82 of 85typical 80%
  • Terminal-Bench

    Doing real tasks on a computer by itself, like an agent

    0%#83 of 87typical 31%
  • Customer support

    Helping bank customers as a support agent using tools

    5%#33 of 33typical 40%
  • Following instructions

    Sticking exactly to detailed formatting and rules

    48%#5 of 5typical 74%
  • τ²-Bench

    Completing multi-step tasks with tools for a user

    41%#4 of 5typical 81%

Where it ranks on intelligence

This model next to the models closest to it. Click another bar to open that model.

What would it cost?

Through the API, at the listed price. Chat apps usually charge a monthly plan instead.

  • 1,000 chat replies

    a question and a ~350-word answer, 1,000 times

    $0.45
  • Summarise a 100-page report

    about 50,000 words in, a one-page summary out

    $0.01
  • Write a 2,000-word article

    a short brief in, a long article out

    $0.002

Input, per 1M tokens

$0.15

Output, per 1M tokens

$0.60

How long do answers take?

Median times measured through the API.

Before the answer starts12 sec
Writing speed≈ 129 words / sec
A full 500-word answer16 sec

1 token is about ¾ of a word. Speeds change with server load, so treat these as typical, not guaranteed.

Similar models

Other companies' models with the closest intelligence score.

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  • Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

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    intelligence

    $0.10

    per 1M

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    tokens/s

  • Command A+

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    6

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  • Muse Glimmer

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  • NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B

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    intelligence

    –

    per 1M

    0

    tokens/s

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    intelligence

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  • Mistral Large 4 Preview

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Questions people ask

Is Mistral Small 4 a good AI model?
On the overall intelligence score it ranks #86 of 87 (score 4; the typical model scores 30). It stands out for fast, live replies, large volumes on a budget.
How much does Mistral Small 4 cost?
Through the API it costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens. In everyday terms, 1,000 chat replies cost about $0.45. Chat apps that use it usually charge a monthly plan instead.
How fast is Mistral Small 4?
It writes about 129 words per second, and you wait about 12 sec before the answer starts. A full 500-word answer takes roughly 16 sec.
What are good alternatives to Mistral Small 4?
Models with a similar score include Granite 4.2 3B by IBM, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning by NVIDIA, Command A+ by Cohere. The cheapest of these is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning at $0.10 per million tokens.

Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis, an independent benchmarking company. Rankings refresh every few hours.