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Model comparison

K-Exaone vs Mistral Small 4

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 11 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

LG AI Research
48.45/100
Margin
2.2pts
← winning
46.23/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: K-Exaone #126 (Estimated); Mistral Small 4 #140 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. K-Exaone and Mistral Small 4 share 11 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 0 results are unique to K-Exaone; 5 to Mistral Small 4.

Updated July 18, 2026
Shared results
11
K-Exaone only
0
Mistral Small 4 only
5
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for K-Exaone and Mistral Small 4 is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 11 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.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricK-ExaoneMistral Small 4Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensK-ExaoneNot availableMistral Small 4$0.15 input / $0.6 outputA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondK-ExaoneNot availableMistral Small 4175 tok/sA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenK-ExaoneNot availableMistral Small 40.64 sA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensK-Exaone256KMistral Small 4256KListed context windows are equal.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkK-ExaoneMistral Small 4Result
τ²-bench resultsSource 74.3%41.2%K-Exaone leads
AA Agentic IndexSource 4.7%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 4.4%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 588Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkK-ExaoneMistral Small 4Result
AA-SciCodeSource 35.6%38.0%Mistral Small 4 leads
AA Coding IndexSource 26.6%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkK-ExaoneMistral Small 4Result
AA-LCRSource 55.7%44.7%K-Exaone leads
CritPtSource 1.1%0.3%K-Exaone leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkK-ExaoneMistral Small 4Result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 24.7%19.6%K-Exaone leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 78.3%76.9%K-Exaone leads
AA-HLESource 13.1%9.5%K-Exaone leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -57.9%-29.9%Mistral Small 4 leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 16.5%22.1%Mistral Small 4 leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 89.1%66.8%Mistral Small 4 leads
Multimodal
BenchmarkK-ExaoneMistral Small 4Result
AA-MMMU-ProSource 56.8%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkK-ExaoneMistral Small 4Result
AA-IFBenchSource 64.7%48.2%K-Exaone leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare K-Exaone 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 K-Exaone and Mistral Small 4 today?

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.

K-Exaone
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
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: July 18, 2026

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