GPT-5.2 Chat vs Mistral Small 4
Compare GPT-5.2 Chat by OpenAI against Mistral Small 4 by Mistral AI, context windows of 128K vs 262K, tested across 52 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
GPT-5.2 Chat
Mistral Small 4
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Mistral Small 4 is 23x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-5.2 Chat
Input
$1.75
Output
$14.00
Mistral Small 4
Input
$0.15
12× cheaper
Output
$0.60
23× cheaper
Mistral Small 4 is cheaper on both — 12× input, 23× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
55%
GPT-5.2 Chat uses 2.2x more transitions
GPT-5.2 Chat
Mistral Small 4
66%Vocabulary50%
16wSentence Length18w
0.41Hedging0.58
9.6Bold9.0
4.4Lists5.6
0.31Emoji0.19
1.20Headings1.10
0.27Transitions0.12
Based on 16 + 23 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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