Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) vs Solar Pro 3
Which is better for the money: Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) by Mistral or Solar Pro 3 by Upstage? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)
Solar Pro 3 vs Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning): 31.0% less intelligence, 274.6% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 30.6% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) | Solar Pro 3 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 11.3 | 7.8 | −31.0% Solar Pro 3 is 31.0% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $42.50 | $159.22 | +274.6% Solar Pro 3 is 3.7× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 14.50s | 18.94s | +30.6% Solar Pro 3 is 30.6% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.15 / $0.60 | $0.15 / $0.60 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Medium) scores 29.90 for $31.2.
- Solar Pro 3 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) scores 41.20 for $158.
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