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Mistral Small 4vsQwen3.5 27B
Qwen3.5 27B leads 2 of 2 shared benchmarks. Mistral Small 4 is marginally cheaper per token. Qwen3.5 27B has the larger context window (262K tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 2
Qwen3.5 27B leads
Cheaper per token
Mistral Small 4
1x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Qwen3.5 27B
262K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
Mistral AI · Qwen
Mistral Small 4
Mistral AI · released 2026-03-16
textvision
Qwen3.5 27B
Qwen
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
2 shared · 1 only Mistral Small 4 · 3 only Qwen3.5 27B| Benchmark | Mistral Small 4 | Qwen3.5 27B | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 2 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 71.2% ↗ | 85.5% ↗ | -14.3 pt | Qwen3.5 27B |
| MMLU-Pro | 78% ↗ | 86.1% ↗ | -8.1 pt | Qwen3.5 27B |
| Only Mistral Small 4 reports · 1 | ||||
| Artificial Analysis Long Context Reasoning | 0.72 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Qwen3.5 27B reports · 3 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | not reported | 75% ↗ | — | — |
| AIME 2026 | not reported | 91.7% ↗matharena ⚠ | — | — |
| LMArena Elo | not reported | 1408.1 ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Mistral Small 4 minus Qwen3.5 27B in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Mistral Small 4 | Qwen3.5 27B | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 256K tokens | 262K tokens | Qwen3.5 27B |
| Max output | — | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $0.15 ↗ | $0.086 ↗ | Qwen3.5 27B |
| Output price / 1M | $0.6 ↗ | $0.688 ↗ | Mistral Small 4 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.015 ↗ | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $0.75 | $0.774 | Mistral Small 4 |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2026-03-16 | — | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 3 | 5 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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