Claude 4 Opus (Reasoning) vs Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)

Claude 4 Opus (Reasoning) vs Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude 4 Opus (Reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
20.60
Total cost
-
MistralMistral Small 4 (Reasoning)On the open-weights frontier
Intelligence
11.30
Total cost
$42.5
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude 4 Opus (Reasoning)Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)20.611.3−45.1% Mistral Small 4 (Reas… is 45.1% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$42.50— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)Not reported14.50s— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$15.0 / $75.0$0.15 / $0.60
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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