MiniMax M1 vs Mistral Small 4
Compare MiniMax M1 by MiniMax against Mistral Small 4 by Mistral AI, context windows of 1.0M vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M1
Mistral Small 4Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, MiniMax M1 has the edge — bigger model tier, bigger context window.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
MiniMax M1
Input
$0.30
Output
$1.65
Mistral Small 4
Input
$0.15
2.0× cheaper
Output
$0.60
2.8× cheaper
Mistral Small 4 is cheaper on both — 2.0× input, 2.8× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
87%
Mistral Small 4 uses 3.8x more transitions
MiniMax M1
Mistral Small 4
53%Vocabulary50%
17wSentence Length18w
0.51Hedging0.58
7.4Bold9.0
6.2Lists5.6
0.10Emoji0.19
0.86Headings1.10
0.03Transitions0.12
Based on 14 + 23 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
FAQ
