Model comparison
Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) vs Qwen3.6-27B
Head-to-head evidence from 16 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.
Public leaderboard positions: Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) unranked (Not scored); Qwen3.6-27B #93 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.
Evidence parity. Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) and Qwen3.6-27B share 16 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 0 results are unique to Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning); 38 to Qwen3.6-27B.
Updated July 21, 2026- Shared results
- 16
- Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) only
- 0
- Qwen3.6-27B only
- 38
- Comparable categories
- 0 / 8
Benchmark data for Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) and Qwen3.6-27B is coming soon on BenchLM.
Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 16 shared benchmark results across 6 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.
Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) is priced at $0.15 input / $0.60 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Qwen3.6-27B. Qwen3.6-27B has the larger context window at 262K, compared with 256K for Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning).
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 | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) | Δ | Qwen3.6-27B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.6-27B59.3 |
| Coding | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.6-27B77.5 |
| Knowledge | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.6-27B53.3 |
| Math | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.6-27B89.2 |
| Multimodal | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)Not measured | MarginNo overlap | Qwen3.6-27B76.7 |
Operational comparison
Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.
| Metric | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) | Qwen3.6-27B | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)$0.15 input / $0.6 output | Qwen3.6-27B$0 input / $0 output | Qwen3.6-27B has the lower combined listed price. |
| Generation speedtokens per second | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)Not available | Qwen3.6-27BNot available | A complete speed comparison is not available. |
| First-answer latencyseconds to first token | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)Not available | Qwen3.6-27BNot available | A complete latency comparison is not available. |
| Context windowmaximum listed tokens | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)256K | Qwen3.6-27B262K | Qwen3.6-27B lists the larger context window. |
Benchmark Deep Dive
Agentic10 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) | Qwen3.6-27B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic IndexSource | 4.7% | 27.0% | Qwen3.6-27B leads |
| τ²-bench resultsSource | 41.2% | 94.2% | Qwen3.6-27B leads |
| GDPval-AASource | 4.4% | 32.0% | Qwen3.6-27B leads |
| GDPval-AASource | 588 | 1140 | Qwen3.6-27B leads |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | — | 59.3% | Not comparable |
| Claw-EvalSource | — | 72.4% | Not comparable |
| QwenClawBenchSource | — | 53.4% | Not comparable |
| QwenWebBenchSource | — | 1487 | Not comparable |
| AndroidWorldSource | — | 70.3% | Not comparable |
| Gert LabsSource | — | 54.84% | Not comparable |
Coding8 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) | Qwen3.6-27B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Coding IndexSource | 26.6% | 53.7% | Qwen3.6-27B leads |
| AA-SciCodeSource | 38.0% | 39.8% | Qwen3.6-27B leads |
| SWE-bench VerifiedSource | — | 77.2% | Not comparable |
| SWE MultilingualSource | — | 71.3% | Not comparable |
| SWE-bench ProSource | — | 53.5% | Not comparable |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0Source | — | 59.3% | Not comparable |
| LiveCodeBenchSource | — | 83.9% | Not comparable |
| NL2RepoSource | — | 36.2% | Not comparable |
Reasoning2 benchmarks
Knowledge12 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) | Qwen3.6-27B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource | 19.6% | 37.0% | Qwen3.6-27B leads |
| AA-GPQA DiamondSource | 76.9% | 84.2% | Qwen3.6-27B leads |
| AA-HLESource | 9.5% | 21.6% | Qwen3.6-27B leads |
| AA-Omniscience IndexSource | -29.9% | -19.8% | Qwen3.6-27B leads |
| AA-Omniscience AccuracySource | 22.1% | 19.2% | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) leads |
| AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource | 66.8% | 48.3% | Qwen3.6-27B leads |
| MMLU-ProSource | — | 86.2% | Not comparable |
| MMLU-ReduxSource | — | 93.5% | Not comparable |
| SuperGPQASource | — | 66% | Not comparable |
| C-EvalSource | — | 91.4% | Not comparable |
| GPQASource | — | 87.8% | Not comparable |
| HLESource | — | 24% | Not comparable |
Math5 benchmarks
Multimodal16 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) | Qwen3.6-27B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-MMMU-ProSource | 56.8% | 74.6% | Qwen3.6-27B leads |
| MMMUSource | — | 82.9% | Not comparable |
| MMMU-ProSource | — | 75.8% | Not comparable |
| RealWorldQASource | — | 84.1% | Not comparable |
| DynaMathSource | — | 85.6% | Not comparable |
| MStarSource | — | 81.4% | Not comparable |
| SimpleVQASource | — | 56.1% | Not comparable |
| CharXivSource | — | 78.4% | Not comparable |
| CC-OCRSource | — | 81.2% | Not comparable |
| CountBenchSource | — | 97.8% | Not comparable |
| RefCOCO (avg)Source | — | 92.5% | Not comparable |
| ERQASource | — | 62.5% | Not comparable |
| Video-MME (with subtitle)Source | — | 87.7% | Not comparable |
| VideoMMMUSource | — | 84.4% | Not comparable |
| MLVU (M-Avg)Source | — | 86.6% | Not comparable |
| V*Source | — | 94.7% | Not comparable |
Inst. Following1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) | Qwen3.6-27B | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-IFBenchSource | 48.2% | 67.6% | Qwen3.6-27B leads |
Frequently Asked Questions (3)
Can I compare Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) and Qwen3.6-27B 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 Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) and Qwen3.6-27B today?
Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning): $0.15 input / $0.60 output per 1M tokens Qwen3.6-27B: $0.00 input / $0.00 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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