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Mistral Small 4 vs o4-mini (high)

Head-to-head comparison across 0benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.

Benchmark data for one or both models is coming soon. This page currently shows metadata and pricing where BenchLM has it, and score-level comparisons will populate as public benchmark results land.

Mistral Small 4

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o4-mini (high)

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Benchmark data for Mistral Small 4 and o4-mini (high) is coming soon on BenchLM.

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Operational Comparison

Mistral Small 4

o4-mini (high)

Price (per 1M tokens)

$0.15 / $0.6

$null / $null

Speed

175 t/s

161 t/s

Latency (TTFT)

0.64s

21.94s

Context Window

256K

200K

Quick Verdict

Benchmark data for Mistral Small 4 and o4-mini (high) is coming soon on BenchLM.

BenchLM does not have sourced benchmark coverage for Mistral Small 4 and o4-mini (high) yet. This comparison is currently limited to metadata such as context window, reasoning mode, and pricing where available.

Mistral Small 4 has the larger context window at 256K, compared with 200K for o4-mini (high).

Benchmark Deep Dive

Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Mistral Small 4 and o4-mini (high) 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 and o4-mini (high) today?

Mistral Small 4: $0.15 input / $0.60 output per 1M tokens o4-mini (high): Pricing unavailable 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.

Mistral Small 4
API / mo$563
Self-host / mo$2,278
Break-even266M/day
o4-mini (high)
API / mo$0
Self-host / moN/A
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: May 1, 2026

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