# Mistral Small 4 vs o3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Mistral Small 4 and o3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/mistral-small-4-vs-o3
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Mistral Small 4 and o3.

## Summary

- Mistral Small 4 and o3 do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Mistral Small 4 | o3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Mistral | OpenAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 200K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 42.97 | 47.55 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 0 | 2 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.15 / $0.60 | $2.00 / $8.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Small 4 public-lane score: 37.8 (Estimated · #125/152)
- o3 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Small 4 public-lane score: 40.9 (Estimated · #112/151)
- o3 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Small 4 public-lane score: 43.7 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- o3 public-lane score: 63.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Small 4 public-lane score: 55.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- o3 public-lane score: 72.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Small 4 public-lane score: 40.8 (Estimated · #128/183)
- o3 public-lane score: 49 (Estimated · #87/183)

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Small 4 public-lane score: 57.3 (#75/123)
- o3 public-lane score: 87.4 (#33/123)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Small 4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3 public-lane score: 37.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 4 | o3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 18.685% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 2.083% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare Mistral Small 4 and o3 on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

## Related Comparisons

- [Mistral Small 4 vs Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)](/compare/mistral-small-4-vs-mistral-small-4-reasoning)
- [o3 vs Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)](/compare/mistral-small-4-reasoning-vs-o3)
- [Mistral Small 4 vs o3-pro](/compare/mistral-small-4-vs-o3-pro)
- [o3 vs o3-pro](/compare/o3-vs-o3-pro)

## Explore More

- [Mistral Small 4 profile](/models/mistral-small-4)
- [o3 profile](/models/o3)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)