Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Mistral Small 4: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Gemini 3.5 Flash and Mistral Small 4 releases: 3 and 2 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 5 models.
- For intelligence, Gemini 3.5 Flash scores highest: Gemini 3.5 Flash (medium) at 34, against Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) at 11 for Mistral Small 4.
- For output speed, Gemini 3.5 Flash is fastest: Gemini 3.5 Flash (medium) at 227 t/s, against Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) at 160 t/s for Mistral Small 4.
- For cost per task, Mistral Small 4 is cheapest: Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) at $0.05, against Gemini 3.5 Flash (high) at $1.56 for Gemini 3.5 Flash.
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost
Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Speed & Latency
Output Speed
Capability Scores
Capability Indices
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Terminal-Bench v4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
Further details
Input modality | Output modality | Weights | Provider Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Gemini 3.5 Flash (medium) |  Google | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $1.3 | $1.50 | $9.00 | $0.15 | - | - | - | - | 227 | 12.59s | 12.59s | 14.79s | - | - | 1M | May 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text, image, speech, and video | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash (high) | Google | 33 | 39 | 38 | 45 | 35 | 35 | 46 | $1.56 | $1.3 | $1.50 | $9.00 | $0.15 | $2,172 | 55k | 36k | 120M | 214 | 18.34s | 18.34s | 20.68s | 243.91s | - | 1M | May 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text, image, speech, and video | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash (minimal) | Google | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $1.3 | $1.50 | $9.00 | $0.15 | - | - | - | - | 203 | 0.84s | 0.84s | 3.30s | - | - | 1M | May 2026 | - | No | Supports: text, image, speech, and video | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) |  Mistral | 11 | 11 | 7 | 13 | - | 17 | 18 | $0.05 | $0.2 | $0.15 | $0.60 | - | $79 | 14k | 9k | 54M | 160 | 0.73s | 13.25s | 16.38s | 94.90s | 119B 6.5B active at inference time | 256k | Mar 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | | |||
| Mistral Small 4 (Non-reasoning) | Mistral | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.2 | $0.15 | $0.60 | - | - | - | - | - | 152 | 0.74s | 0.74s | 4.03s | - | 119B 6.5B active at inference time | 256k | Mar 2026 | - | No | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | | |||