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Mistral Small 4: Release Intelligence, Performance & Price

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Model summary

IntelligenceUpdated

11
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
4 out of 4 units for Intelligence.

Speed

177.3
Output tokens per second
3 out of 4 units for Speed.

Cost

In $0.15Out $0.60Cache Discount 90%
$0.02
Cost per Intelligence Index task
1 out of 4 units for Cost.

Verbosity

54M
Output tokens from Intelligence Index
1 out of 4 units for Verbosity.

The Mistral Small 4 release offers 2 models, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across the 2 models.

  • For intelligence, the top model of Mistral Small 4 is Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) at 11.
  • For output speed, the fastest model is Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) at 177 t/s.
  • For latency, Mistral Small 4 (Non-reasoning) at 0.75s offers the lowest time to first answer token.
  • For pricing, Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) at $0.02 offers the lowest cost per task.

Updated
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better
Not publicly available
Output tokens per second · Higher is better
Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better
Not publicly available

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3.2 incorporates 10 evaluations: AA-Briefcase v1.1, GDPval-AA v2.1, AutomationBench-AA, Terminal-Bench 4.0, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GDP.pdf, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR v1.1
Estimate (independent evaluation forthcoming)

Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task
Most attractive quadrant
Pareto line

Cost

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better

Speed & Latency

Output Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better

Capability Scores

Capability Indexes

Measures the performance of models on specific capabilities and industries
Finance & Accounting Index

Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better

Strategy & Ops Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better

Legal Index

Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better

Healthcare & Medical Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better

Engineering Index

Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better

Economics Index

Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better

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Further details

Weights
Provider Benchmarks
Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)
Mistral logoMistral
11
119B
6.5B active at inference time
256k
$0.1
177
Mistral
Mistral Small 4 (Non-reasoning)
Mistral logoMistral
9
119B
6.5B active at inference time
256k
$0.1
166
Mistral