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  5. GPT-5.1 ChatvsMistral Small 4
Updated Mar 2026

GPT-5.1 ChatvsMistral Small 4

Mistral Small 4 is cheaper than GPT-5.1 Chat at $0.15/M vs $1.25/M input tokens.

GPT-5.1 Chat and Mistral Small 4 compared across 52 shared prompts
SpecGPT-5.1 ChatMistral Small 4
Input price$1.25/M tokens$0.15/M tokens
Output price$10/M tokens$0.6/M tokens
Context window128K tokens262K tokens
Weights—Open
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedNov 2025Mar 2026
Our Verdict
GPT-5.1 Chat
GPT-5.1 Chat
Mistral Small 4
Mistral Small 4

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

Mistral Small 4 costs 17x less per token.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

GPT-5.1 Chat
Input
$1.25
Output
$10.00
Mistral Small 4
Input
$0.15
8.3× cheaper
Output
$0.60
17× cheaper

Mistral Small 4 is cheaper on both: 8.3× input, 17× output.

Where to run it

2 hosts, cheapest first

GPT-5.1 Chat

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Mistral Small 42 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Mistral$0.15 in·$0.60 out·262k·100% upVVenicefp8$0.19 in·$0.75 out·256k·99.9% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 9 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
33%

Mistral Small 4 uses 19.0x more emoji

GPT-5.1 Chat
Mistral Small 4
73%Vocabulary50%
18wSentence Length18w
0.45Hedging0.58
1.1Bold9.0
2.4Lists5.6
0.00Emoji0.19
0.00Headings1.10
0.06Transitions0.12
Based on 15 + 23 text responses
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