Model comparison
Mistral Small 4 vs Qwen3 Max
Head-to-head evidence from 11 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.
Public leaderboard positions: Mistral Small 4 #140 (Estimated); Qwen3 Max #128 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.
Evidence parity. Mistral Small 4 and Qwen3 Max share 11 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 5 results are unique to Mistral Small 4; 3 to Qwen3 Max.
Updated July 23, 2026- Shared results
- 11
- Mistral Small 4 only
- 5
- Qwen3 Max only
- 3
- Comparable categories
- 0 / 8
Benchmark data for Mistral Small 4 and Qwen3 Max 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.
Qwen3 Max 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.
Operational comparison
Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.
| Metric | Mistral Small 4 | Qwen3 Max | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens | Mistral Small 4$0.15 input / $0.6 output | Qwen3 MaxNot available | A complete price comparison is not available. |
| Generation speedtokens per second | Mistral Small 4175 tok/s | Qwen3 MaxNot available | A complete speed comparison is not available. |
| First-answer latencyseconds to first token | Mistral Small 40.64 s | Qwen3 MaxNot available | A complete latency comparison is not available. |
| Context windowmaximum listed tokens | Mistral Small 4256K | Qwen3 Max1M | Qwen3 Max lists the larger context window. |
Benchmark Deep Dive
Agentic5 benchmarks
Coding3 benchmarks
Reasoning2 benchmarks
Knowledge6 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 4 | Qwen3 Max | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource | 19.6% | 24.0% | Qwen3 Max leads |
| AA-GPQA DiamondSource | 76.9% | 76.4% | Mistral Small 4 leads |
| AA-HLESource | 9.5% | 11.1% | Qwen3 Max leads |
| AA-Omniscience IndexSource | -29.9% | -43.1% | Mistral Small 4 leads |
| AA-Omniscience AccuracySource | 22.1% | 24.4% | Qwen3 Max leads |
| AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource | 66.8% | 89.4% | Mistral Small 4 leads |
Multimodal2 benchmarks
Inst. Following1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 4 | Qwen3 Max | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-IFBenchSource | 48.2% | 44.1% | Mistral Small 4 leads |
Frequently Asked Questions (3)
Can I compare Mistral Small 4 and Qwen3 Max 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 Qwen3 Max 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.
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