Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) vs Mistral Large 4 Preview
Which is better for the money: Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) by Google or Mistral Large 4 Preview by Mistral? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Mistral Large 4 Preview
Mistral Large 4 Preview vs Gemini 3.5 Flash (High): 17.8% more intelligence, 61.9% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 62.9% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) | Mistral Large 4 Preview | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 32.6 | 38.4 | +17.8% Mistral Large 4 Previ… is 17.8% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $4,222.12 | $1,607.86 | −61.9% Mistral Large 4 Previ… is 61.9% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 16.65s | 27.12s | +62.9% Mistral Large 4 Previ… is 62.9% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.50 / $9.00 | $1.36 / $4.18 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Speech, Video | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (Xhigh, Default Fallback) scores 56.00 for $4057.
- Mistral Large 4 Preview is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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