Agentic
Not comparable- Mistral Small 4
- 37.8
- Estimated · #125/152
- Seed 2.1 Turbo
- Not ranked
- Basis
- BenchAlign lane · 0 vs 1 public rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Mistral Small 4 vs Seed 2.1 Turbo
Updated September 10, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.
Decision reading
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 resting on Estimated evidence or different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.
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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
Seed 2.1 Turbo is not ranked on the public lane for coding, so no winner is named for coding.
Confidence: limited
Agentic work
Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion
Not enough matched evidence
Seed 2.1 Turbo is not ranked on the public lane for agentic, so no winner is named for agentic.
Confidence: limited
Long documents
Prompts that approach the documented context limit
No clear pick
The documented context windows are equal.
Confidence: documented
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.
11 Seed 2.1 Turbo only
- Shared results
- 0
- Mistral Small 4 only
- 0
- Seed 2.1 Turbo only
- 11
- Like-for-like categories
- 0 / 8
Category results, on a stated basis
Each row shows the public-lane category score for both models: the BenchAlign lane for agentic, coding, and knowledge, and the weighted public rows elsewhere, with the same rank each model page reports. A row is like-for-like only when both scores rest on Supported evidence or the same weighted set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner.
Coding
Not comparable- Mistral Small 4
- 40.9
- Estimated · #112/151
- Seed 2.1 Turbo
- Not ranked
- Basis
- BenchAlign lane · 0 vs 2 public rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Reasoning
Not comparable- Mistral Small 4
- 55.2
- Unranked · 2 rankable rows
- Seed 2.1 Turbo
- Not ranked
- Basis
- Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Knowledge
Not comparable- Mistral Small 4
- 40.8
- Estimated · #128/183
- Seed 2.1 Turbo
- Not ranked
- Basis
- BenchAlign lane · 0 vs 1 public rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Math
Not comparable- Mistral Small 4
- Not ranked
- Seed 2.1 Turbo
- Not ranked
- Basis
- Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multilingual
Not comparable- Mistral Small 4
- Not ranked
- Seed 2.1 Turbo
- Not ranked
- Basis
- Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multimodal
Not comparable- Mistral Small 4
- 43.7
- Unranked · 1 rankable row
- Seed 2.1 Turbo
- Not ranked
- Basis
- Provisional lane · 0 vs 2 weighted rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Instruction following
Not comparable- Mistral Small 4
- 57.3
- #75/123
- Seed 2.1 Turbo
- Not ranked
- Basis
- Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
| Category | Mistral Small 4 | Seed 2.1 Turbo | Basis | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | 37.8Estimated · #125/152 | Not ranked | Not comparableBenchAlign lane · 0 vs 1 public rows | Not comparable |
| Coding | 40.9Estimated · #112/151 | Not ranked | Not comparableBenchAlign lane · 0 vs 2 public rows | Not comparable |
| Reasoning | 55.2Unranked · 2 rankable rows | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Knowledge | 40.8Estimated · #128/183 | Not ranked | Not comparableBenchAlign lane · 0 vs 1 public rows | Not comparable |
| Math | Not ranked | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Multilingual | Not ranked | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Multimodal | 43.7Unranked · 1 rankable row | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 2 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Instruction following | 57.3#75/123 | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
Ranks count the models scored in each category’s lane, so the agentic, coding, and knowledge denominators (BenchAlign) differ from the provisional-lane categories. Unranked scores sit on the lane’s scale but never name a winner. Like-for-like rows within 0.5 points read as a practical tie.
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
- Mistral Small 4
- $0.00045
- Fits in one request
- Seed 2.1 Turbo
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
Seed 2.1 Turbo has no comparable published API token rate.
Repository review
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
- Mistral Small 4
- $0.0093
- Fits in one request
- Seed 2.1 Turbo
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
Seed 2.1 Turbo has no comparable published API token rate.
Cache-heavy agent loop
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
- Mistral Small 4
- $0.039
- Fits in one request
- Cached input priced at the published list-input rate
- Seed 2.1 Turbo
- API rate not published
- Fits in one request
- Cached-input rate unavailable
Mistral Small 4 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. Seed 2.1 Turbo 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.
SpecificationMistral Small 4Seed 2.1 Turbo
Context window
Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.
Mistral Small 4
256K
Seed 2.1 Turbo
API model ID
Mistral Small 4
Not sourced
Seed 2.1 Turbo
doubao-seed-2-1-turbo-260628
Volcengine model pricingCached-input rate
A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.
Mistral Small 4
Not published
Seed 2.1 Turbo
No comparable hosted API rate
Volcengine model pricingDocumented inputs
Mistral Small 4
Not sourced
Seed 2.1 Turbo
Not sourced
Documented outputs
Mistral Small 4
Not sourced
Seed 2.1 Turbo
Not sourced
Provider availability
Mistral Small 4
Not sourced
Seed 2.1 Turbo
Not sourced
Reasoning profile
Mistral Small 4
Non-Reasoning
Seed 2.1 Turbo
Reasoning
Weight access
Mistral Small 4
Open Weight
Seed 2.1 Turbo
Proprietary
License
Mistral Small 4
Open Weight
Seed 2.1 Turbo
Proprietary
Release date
Mistral Small 4
2026-02-20
Seed 2.1 Turbo
2026-06-24
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
- Both models list 256K.
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.
Mistral Small 4
API / mo$563
Self-host / mo$2,278
Break-even266M/day
Seed 2.1 Turbo
API / mo$0
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even—
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Benchmark evidence
The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.
Browse raw public benchmark evidence11 rows
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.1
Mistral Small 4—Seed 2.1 Turbo67.6%SourceNot directly comparable
Coding
Knowledge
SuperGPQA
Mistral Small 4—Seed 2.1 Turbo67.4%SourceNot directly comparable
Multimodal
MathVision
Mistral Small 4—Seed 2.1 Turbo90.1%SourceNot directly comparable
MMMU-Pro
Mistral Small 4—Seed 2.1 Turbo80.1%SourceNot directly comparable
ZeroBench
Mistral Small 4—Seed 2.1 Turbo11.0%SourceNot directly comparable
BabyVision
Mistral Small 4—Seed 2.1 Turbo62.9%SourceNot directly comparable
CharXiv
Mistral Small 4—Seed 2.1 Turbo82.5%SourceNot directly comparable
ERQA
Mistral Small 4—Seed 2.1 Turbo71.3%SourceNot directly comparable
Video-MME
Mistral Small 4—Seed 2.1 Turbo89.0%SourceNot directly comparable
Frequently asked questions
Which is better, Mistral Small 4 or Seed 2.1 Turbo?
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, Mistral Small 4 or Seed 2.1 Turbo?
Seed 2.1 Turbo is not ranked on the public lane for coding, so no winner is named for coding.
Which is better for agentic tasks, Mistral Small 4 or Seed 2.1 Turbo?
Seed 2.1 Turbo is not ranked on the public lane for agentic tasks, so no winner is named for agentic tasks.
Which costs less, Mistral Small 4 or Seed 2.1 Turbo?
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, Mistral Small 4 or Seed 2.1 Turbo?
Both models list the same context window, 256K.
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