Agentic
Not comparable- Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
- Not measured
- Mistral Small 4
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Model comparison
Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think vs Mistral Small 4
Updated July 30, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.
The public evidence has no benchmark result shared by both models, so it does not support a quality verdict. Use the documented cost, context, and runtime rows instead.
0 results are shared. Category rows based on different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.
Which one for your work
Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.
No workload recommendation clears the current evidence threshold.
Use the matched evidence, workload costs, and sourced specifications below instead of treating a point score as a universal answer.
Show secondary and unsupported calls
Coding work
Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks
Not enough matched evidence
No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.
Confidence: limited
Agentic work
Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion
Not enough matched evidence
No shared weighted benchmark basis supports a winner.
Confidence: limited
Long documents
Prompts that approach the documented context limit
Not enough matched evidence
A complete context comparison is not sourced.
Confidence: limited
Chat turn cost
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: listed-rates
Cache-heavy agent loop cost
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: rate-fallback
Repository review cost
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Confidence: listed-rates
What is actually comparable
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.
1 Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think only
- Shared results
- 0
- Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think only
- 1
- Mistral Small 4 only
- 0
- Like-for-like categories
- 0 / 8
Category results, on a stated basis
Each row states whether both averages use the same weighted benchmark set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner in this template.
Coding
Not comparable- Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
- Not measured
- Mistral Small 4
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Reasoning
Not comparable- Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
- 45.1
- Mistral Small 4
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 1 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Knowledge
Not comparable- Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
- Not measured
- Mistral Small 4
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Math
Not comparable- Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
- Not measured
- Mistral Small 4
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multilingual
Not comparable- Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
- Not measured
- Mistral Small 4
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multimodal
Not comparable- Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
- Not measured
- Mistral Small 4
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Instruction following
Not comparable- Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
- Not measured
- Mistral Small 4
- Not measured
- Weighted basis
- 0 vs 0 rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
| Category | Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think | Mistral Small 4 | Weighted basis | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | Not measured | Not measured | Not comparable0 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Coding | Not measured | Not measured | Not comparable0 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Reasoning | 45.1 | Not measured | Not comparable1 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Knowledge | Not measured | Not measured | Not comparable0 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Math | Not measured | Not measured | Not comparable0 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Multilingual | Not measured | Not measured | Not comparable0 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Multimodal | Not measured | Not measured | Not comparable0 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
| Instruction following | Not measured | Not measured | Not comparable0 vs 0 rows | Not comparable |
Shape of the matched evidence
Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.
A shared-evidence shape is not available.
BenchLM does not draw a radar or infer missing axes when the matched evidence is too sparse.
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.
Chat turn
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
- Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
- API rate not published
- Fit state unavailable
- Mistral Small 4
- $0.00045
- Fits in one request
Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think has no comparable published API token rate.
Repository review
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
- Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
- API rate not published
- Fit state unavailable
- Mistral Small 4
- $0.0093
- Fits in one request
Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think has no comparable published API token rate.
Cache-heavy agent loop
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
- Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
- API rate not published
- Fit state unavailable
- Cached-input rate unavailable
- Mistral Small 4
- $0.039
- Fits in one request
- Cached input priced at the published list-input rate
Mistral Small 4 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think has no comparable published API token rate.
Specification differences
Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.
SpecificationGemini 3 Pro Deep ThinkMistral Small 4
Context window
Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.
Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
Not sourced
Google Gemini 3 Deep Think launchMistral Small 4
256K
API model ID
Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
Not sourced
Mistral Small 4
Not sourced
Cached-input rate
A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.
Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
No comparable hosted API rate
Mistral Small 4
Not published
Documented inputs
Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
Not sourced
Mistral Small 4
Not sourced
Documented outputs
Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
Not sourced
Mistral Small 4
Not sourced
Provider availability
Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
Limited Access · Gemini app for Google AI Ultra, Gemini API early-access program
Google Gemini 3 Deep Think launchMistral Small 4
Not sourced
Reasoning profile
Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
Reasoning
Mistral Small 4
Non-Reasoning
Weight access
Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
Proprietary
Mistral Small 4
Open Weight
License
Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
Proprietary
Mistral Small 4
Open Weight
Release date
Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
2026-02-12
Mistral Small 4
2026-02-20
If you already use one of these models
- Deployment change
- The models list different providers, so authentication, endpoint behavior, limits, and feature support may change.
- Quality signal
- The public evidence has no benchmark result shared by both models, so it does not support a quality verdict.
- Workload cost
- A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
- Context tradeoff
- A complete documented context comparison is not available.
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.
Self-host vs API cost
Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.
Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think
API / mo$0
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even—
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Mistral Small 4
API / mo$563
Self-host / mo$2,278
Break-even266M/day
Benchmark evidence
The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.
Browse raw public benchmark evidence1 rows
Reasoning
ARC-AGI-2
Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think45.1%SourceMistral Small 4—Not directly comparable
Frequently asked questions
Which is better, Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think or Mistral Small 4?
The public evidence has no benchmark result shared by both models, so it does not support a quality verdict. The page therefore keeps the decision tied to the specific documented workload.
Which is better for coding, Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think or Mistral Small 4?
The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted coding basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a coding winner.
Which is better for agentic tasks, Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think or Mistral Small 4?
The published evidence does not provide a shared weighted agentic tasks basis for both models, so BenchLM does not name a agentic tasks winner.
Which costs less, Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think or Mistral Small 4?
Both models do not have comparable published API token rates, so this page does not name a universal price winner.
Which has the larger context window, Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think or Mistral Small 4?
A complete documented context-window comparison is not available.
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Last updated July 30, 2026
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