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Mistral Small 4vsQwen3.5 397B-A17B
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B leads 2 of 2 shared benchmarks. Mistral Small 4 is 1.6x cheaper per token. Qwen3.5 397B-A17B has the larger context window (262K tokens).
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Shared benchmarks
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Qwen3.5 397B-A17B leads
Cheaper per token
Mistral Small 4
1.6x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B
262K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
Mistral AI · Qwen
Mistral Small 4
Mistral AI · released 2026-03-16
textvision
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B
Qwen · released 2026-02-15
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
2 shared · 1 only Mistral Small 4 · 5 only Qwen3.5 397B-A17B| Benchmark | Mistral Small 4 | Qwen3.5 397B-A17B | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 2 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 71.2% ↗ | 88.4% ↗ | -17.2 pt | Qwen3.5 397B-A17B |
| MMLU-Pro | 78% ↗ | 87.8% ↗ | -9.8 pt | Qwen3.5 397B-A17B |
| Only Mistral Small 4 reports · 1 | ||||
| Artificial Analysis Long Context Reasoning | 0.72 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Qwen3.5 397B-A17B reports · 5 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | not reported | 76.4% ↗ | — | — |
| AIME 2026 | not reported | 94.2% ↗matharena ⚠ | — | — |
| LMArena Elo | not reported | 1438.3 ↗ | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 29.5% ↗epoch | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 88.9% ↗epoch | — | — |
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 397B-A17B 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 397B-A17B | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 256K tokens | 262K tokens | Qwen3.5 397B-A17B |
| Max output | — | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $0.15 ↗ | $0.172 ↗ | Mistral Small 4 |
| Output price / 1M | $0.6 ↗ | $1.03 ↗ | Mistral Small 4 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.015 ↗ | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $0.75 | $1.2 | Mistral Small 4 |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2026-03-16 | 2026-02-15 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 3 | 8 | — |
Reliability
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