Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) vs Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B

Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) vs Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MistralMistral Small 4 (Reasoning)On the open-weights frontier
Intelligence
11.30
Total cost
$42.5
AlibabaQwen2.5 Instruct 72BNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
7.70
Total cost
-
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.

MetricMistral Small 4 (Reasoning)Qwen2.5 Instruct 72BDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)11.37.7−31.9% Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is 31.9% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$42.50Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)14.77s23.24s+57.3% Qwen2.5 Instruct 72B is 57.3% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.15 / $0.60$0.47 / $0.49
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
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