GPT-5 nano (Medium) vs Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)

GPT-5 nano (Medium) 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 nano (Medium)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
12.50
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 nano (Medium)Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)12.511.3−9.6% Mistral Small 4 (Reas… is 9.6% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$42.50— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)40.59s14.50s−64.3% Mistral Small 4 (Reas… is 64.3% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.05 / $0.40$0.15 / $0.60
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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