GPT-5 (Minimal) vs Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)

GPT-5 (Minimal) 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.

OpenAIGPT-5 (Minimal)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
11.40
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.

MetricGPT-5 (Minimal)Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)11.411.3−0.9% Mistral Small 4 (Reas… is 0.9% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$42.50— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)6.64s14.50s+118.4% Mistral Small 4 (Reas… is 118.4% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$1.25 / $10.0$0.15 / $0.60
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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