Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) vs Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct

Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) vs Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct. 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
AlibabaQwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
7.90
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)Qwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)11.37.9−30.1% Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Inst… is 30.1% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$42.50Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)14.50s20.21s+39.4% Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Inst… is 39.4% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.15 / $0.60$0.35 / $0.60
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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