MiniMax M3 vs Mistral Small 4
Compare MiniMax M3 by MiniMax against Mistral Small 4 by Mistral AI, context windows of 1.0M vs 262K, tested across 52 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M3
Mistral Small 4Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, MiniMax M3 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
MiniMax M3
Input
$0.30
Output
$1.20
Mistral Small 4
Input
$0.15
2.0× cheaper
Output
$0.60
2.0× cheaper
Mistral Small 4 is cheaper on both — 2.0× input, 2.0× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
53%
MiniMax M3 uses 6.0x more emoji
MiniMax M3
Mistral Small 4
55%Vocabulary50%
24wSentence Length18w
0.52Hedging0.58
5.2Bold9.0
3.0Lists5.6
1.15Emoji0.19
1.21Headings1.10
0.02Transitions0.12
Based on 27 + 23 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
FAQ
