Llama 4 Maverick vs Mistral Small 4
Compare Llama 4 Maverick by Meta AI against Mistral Small 4 by Mistral AI, context windows of 1.0M vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Llama 4 Maverick
Mistral Small 4Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Llama 4 Maverick has the edge — bigger model tier, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Mistral Small 4 is 4.2x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Llama 4 Maverick
Input
$1.50
Output
$2.50
Mistral Small 4
Input
$0.15
10× cheaper
Output
$0.60
4.2× cheaper
Mistral Small 4 is cheaper on both — 10× input, 4.2× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
63%
Mistral Small 4 uses 19.0x more emoji
Llama 4 Maverick
Mistral Small 4
42%Vocabulary50%
24wSentence Length18w
0.76Hedging0.58
3.7Bold9.0
6.3Lists5.6
0.00Emoji0.19
0.74Headings1.10
0.11Transitions0.12
Based on 12 + 23 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
FAQ
