Claude Opus 4vsMistral Small Creative
Mistral Small Creative is cheaper than Claude Opus 4 at $0.1/M vs $15/M input tokens.
| Spec | Claude Opus 4 | Mistral Small Creative |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $15/M tokens | $0.1/M tokens |
| Output price | $75/M tokens | $0.3/M tokens |
| Context window | 200K tokens | 33K tokens |
| Weights | Closed | — |
| Free API (OpenRouter) | No | No |
| Released | May 2025 | Dec 2025 |
Our Verdict
Claude Opus 4
Mistral Small CreativeRunner-up
Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Claude Opus 4 has the edge: bigger model tier, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Mistral Small Creative costs 250x less per token.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Opus 4
Input
$15.00
Output
$75.00
Mistral Small Creative
Input
$0.10
150× cheaper
Output
$0.30
250× cheaper
Mistral Small Creative is cheaper on both: 150× input, 250× output.
Where to run it
1 host
Claude Opus 41 host
Mistral Small Creative
No hosts listed on OpenRouter.
Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 9 Sep 2026.
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
59%
Mistral Small Creative uses 3.5x more bold
Claude Opus 4
Mistral Small Creative
65%Vocabulary51%
57wSentence Length18w
0.67Hedging0.41
3.8Bold13.3
6.8Lists4.8
1.18Emoji1.06
1.42Headings0.91
0.22Transitions0.06
Based on 27 + 28 text responses
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