Model comparison
Mistral Small 4 vs Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1
Head-to-head evidence from 0 shared benchmark results across 0 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.
Public leaderboard positions: Mistral Small 4 #140 (Estimated); Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 #125 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.
Evidence parity. Mistral Small 4 and Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 share 0 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 16 results are unique to Mistral Small 4; 0 to Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1.
Updated July 23, 2026- Shared results
- 0
- Mistral Small 4 only
- 16
- Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 only
- 0
- Comparable categories
- 0 / 8
Benchmark data for Mistral Small 4 and Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 is coming soon on BenchLM.
Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 0 shared benchmark results across 0 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 does not have sourced benchmark coverage for Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 yet. This comparison is currently limited to metadata such as context window, reasoning mode, and pricing where available.
Mistral Small 4 is priced at $0.15 input / $0.60 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1. Mistral Small 4 has the larger context window at 256K, compared with 64K for Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1.
Operational comparison
Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.
| Metric | Mistral Small 4 | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens | Mistral Small 4$0.15 input / $0.6 output | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1$0 input / $0 output | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 has the lower combined listed price. |
| Generation speedtokens per second | Mistral Small 4175 tok/s | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1Not available | A complete speed comparison is not available. |
| First-answer latencyseconds to first token | Mistral Small 40.64 s | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1Not available | A complete latency comparison is not available. |
| Context windowmaximum listed tokens | Mistral Small 4256K | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.164K | Mistral Small 4 lists the larger context window. |
Benchmark Deep Dive
Agentic4 benchmarks
Coding2 benchmarks
Reasoning2 benchmarks
Knowledge6 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 4 | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource | 19.6% | — | Not comparable |
| AA-GPQA DiamondSource | 76.9% | — | Not comparable |
| AA-HLESource | 9.5% | — | Not comparable |
| AA-Omniscience IndexSource | -29.9% | — | Not comparable |
| AA-Omniscience AccuracySource | 22.1% | — | Not comparable |
| AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource | 66.8% | — | Not comparable |
Multimodal1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 4 | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-MMMU-ProSource | 56.8% | — | Not comparable |
Inst. Following1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 4 | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-IFBenchSource | 48.2% | — | Not comparable |
Frequently Asked Questions (3)
Can I compare Mistral Small 4 and Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 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 Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 today?
Mistral Small 4: $0.15 input / $0.60 output per 1M tokens Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1: $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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