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Updated Apr 2026

Mistral Small 4vsQwen3.6 35B A3B

Mistral Small 4 is cheaper than Qwen3.6 35B A3B at $0.15/M vs $0.1612/M input tokens.

Mistral Small 4 and Qwen3.6 35B A3B compared across 53 shared prompts
SpecMistral Small 4Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Input price$0.15/M tokens$0.1612/M tokens
Output price$0.6/M tokens$0.9653/M tokens
Context window262K tokens262K tokens
WeightsOpenOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedMar 2026Apr 2026
Our Verdict
Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Mistral Small 4
Mistral Small 4Runner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Qwen3.6 35B A3B has the edge: bigger model tier, newer.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Mistral Small 4
Input
$0.15
1.1× cheaper
Output
$0.60
1.6× cheaper
Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Input
$0.16
Output
$0.97

Mistral Small 4 is cheaper on both: 1.1× input, 1.6× output.

Where to run it

12 hosts, cheapest first

Mistral Small 42 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Mistral$0.15 in·$0.60 out·262k·100% upVVenicefp8$0.19 in·$0.75 out·256k·99.9% up
Qwen3.6 35B A3B10 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
DDarkbloomfp4$0.05 in·$0.70 out·262k·99.9% upAAkashMLfp8$0.10 in·$0.90 out·262k·99.8% upDDeepInfrafp8$0.10 in·$0.95 out·262k·97.4% upVVenicefp8$0.10 in·$1.00 out·256k·100% upIio.netfp8$0.13 in·$0.94 out·262k·99.7% upPParasailfp8$0.15 in·$1.00 out·262k·99.7% up
4 more hostsFewer hosts
AAtlasCloudfp8$0.19 in·$1.11 out·262k·99.8% upPPhala$0.20 in·$1.27 out·262k·99.6% upSSiliconFlowfp8$0.20 in·$1.60 out·262k·97.8% upCCoreWeavefp8$0.25 in·$1.25 out·262k·99.9% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 9 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
40%

Qwen3.6 35B A3B uses 8.4x more emoji

Mistral Small 4
Qwen3.6 35B A3B
50%Vocabulary59%
18wSentence Length15w
0.58Hedging0.31
9.0Bold4.9
5.6Lists2.7
0.19Emoji1.60
1.10Headings0.75
0.12Transitions0.05
Based on 23 + 27 text responses
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