Model comparison
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Mistral Small 4
Head-to-head evidence from 14 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.
Public leaderboard positions: Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite unranked (Not scored); Mistral Small 4 #140 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.
Evidence parity. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Mistral Small 4 share 14 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 7 results are unique to Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite; 2 to Mistral Small 4.
Updated July 21, 2026- Shared results
- 14
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite only
- 7
- Mistral Small 4 only
- 2
- Comparable categories
- 0 / 8
Benchmark data for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Mistral Small 4 is coming soon on BenchLM.
Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 14 shared benchmark results across 5 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.
Why this result
BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is priced at $0.30 input / $2.50 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.15 input / $0.60 output per 1M tokens for Mistral Small 4. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite has the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for Mistral Small 4.
Category breakdown
Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.
| Category | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Δ | Mistral Small 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite63.4 | MarginNo overlap | Mistral Small 4Not measured |
| Coding | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite54.2 | MarginNo overlap | Mistral Small 4Not measured |
| Reasoning | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite72.2 | MarginNo overlap | Mistral Small 4Not measured |
Operational comparison
Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.
| Metric | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Small 4 | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite$0.3 input / $2.5 output | Mistral Small 4$0.15 input / $0.6 output | Mistral Small 4 has the lower combined listed price. |
| Generation speedtokens per second | Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteNot available | Mistral Small 4175 tok/s | A complete speed comparison is not available. |
| First-answer latencyseconds to first token | Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteNot available | Mistral Small 40.64 s | A complete latency comparison is not available. |
| Context windowmaximum listed tokens | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite1M | Mistral Small 4256K | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite lists the larger context window. |
Benchmark Deep Dive
Agentic8 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Small 4 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | 54% | — | Not comparable |
| OSWorld-VerifiedSource | 74% | — | Not comparable |
| GDPval-AASource | 1140 | 588 | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads |
| AA Agentic IndexSource | 26.8% | 4.7% | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads |
| GDPval-AASource | 32.0% | 4.4% | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads |
| AA BriefcaseSource | 634 | — | Not comparable |
| AA Tau3 BankingSource | 16.5% | — | Not comparable |
| τ²-bench resultsSource | — | 41.2% | Not comparable |
Coding4 benchmarks
Reasoning3 benchmarks
Knowledge6 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Small 4 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource | 36.5% | 19.6% | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads |
| AA-GPQA DiamondSource | 83.8% | 76.9% | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads |
| AA-HLESource | 17.5% | 9.5% | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads |
| AA-Omniscience IndexSource | 6.9% | -29.9% | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads |
| AA-Omniscience AccuracySource | 30.3% | 22.1% | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads |
| AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource | 33.5% | 66.8% | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads |
Multimodal1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Small 4 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-MMMU-ProSource | 79.0% | 56.8% | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads |
Inst. Following1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Small 4 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-IFBenchSource | — | 48.2% | Not comparable |
Frequently Asked Questions (3)
Can I compare Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Mistral Small 4 on BenchLM yet?
Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.
Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?
BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.
What data is available for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Mistral Small 4 today?
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite: $0.30 input / $2.50 output per 1M tokens Mistral Small 4: $0.15 input / $0.60 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.
Self-host vs API cost
Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.
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