Mistral Small 4 vs o1
Compare Mistral Small 4 by Mistral AI against o1 by OpenAI, context windows of 262K vs 128K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Mistral Small 4
o1
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 100x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Mistral Small 4
Input
$0.15
100× cheaper
Output
$0.60
100× cheaper
o1
Input
$15.00
Output
$60.00
Mistral Small 4 is cheaper on both — 100× input, 100× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
33%
Mistral Small 4 uses 19.0x more emoji
Mistral Small 4
o1
50%Vocabulary64%
18wSentence Length16w
0.58Hedging0.76
9.0Bold5.0
5.6Lists2.6
0.19Emoji0.00
1.10Headings0.44
0.12Transitions0.40
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