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Mistral: Mistral Small 4
mistralai/mistral-small-2603
Mistral Small 4 is the next major release in the Mistral Small family, unifying the capabilities of several flagship Mistral models into a single system. It combines strong reasoning from...
Listed (16 Mar 2026)
Source: OpenRouter (live)
- Input
- $0.150
- USD per 1M tokens
- Output
- $0.600
- USD per 1M tokens
- Blended
- $0.262
- 75% in / 25% out
- Context
- 262K
- tokens
- Max output
- 210K
- tokens
- Modality
- text+image->text
Prices as listed on OpenRouter, refreshed every five minutes. Provider-direct prices may differ. Convert to your currency on the AI Tracker.
Capabilities
Declared on the listing
- Tool / function calling Declared
- Reasoning controls Declared
- Structured output Declared
- InputText, Image
- OutputText
Capabilities are read from the provider listing. “Not declared” means the listing does not advertise the feature, not that it is absent.
Why it costs this
Pricing context
- 67% below median
- Cheap input
- Cheap output
- Market median blended price is $0.806/M across 417 priced models.
Benchmarks
Where we rate it
- Speed & Value — Fast, inexpensive models for high-volume workloads. Our shortlist of capable small models, ordered by live blended price (cheapest first).Verify on Artificial Analysis
Editorial picks, not scores. We link the public leaderboards we watch rather than inventing an AI HQ rating.
Alternatives
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Alternatives
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/M blended
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$0.262
/M blended
Within ±50% of $0.262/M blended.
Analysis
Related reading
European lab with open and commercial models. All Mistral models · Official site
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