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gemma 4 E4B it vs Mistral Small 4

gemma 4 E4B it (Google) and Mistral Small 4 (Mistral AI) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 9 September 2026

As of 9 September 2026, Mistral Small 4 holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#96 vs #98).

Which should you choose?

Choose gemma 4 E4B it if…

  • ModelCap publishes no field on which gemma 4 E4B it leads Mistral Small 4 for this pair.

Choose Mistral Small 4 if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #96 against #98 (41.1 vs 41.1 points).
  • you want provider choice — 2 listed API providers against 0.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Mistral Small 4 was listed 16 March 2026, gemma 4 E4B it 2 March 2026.

gemma 4 E4B it vs Mistral Small 4: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of gemma 4 E4B it and Mistral Small 4
Fieldgemma 4 E4B itGoogleMistral Small 4Mistral AI
ModelCap Index position#98#96
Index score41.141.1
EvidenceEstimatedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.15
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.60
Context window— tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens—210K
API providers listed02
Weight accessOpen weightsOpen weights
Input modalitiesText, Image, AudioText, Image
First listed2 March 202616 March 2026
PublisherGoogleMistral AI

Evidence: publisher-corpus-prior over 182 held-out anchors (7%); launch card against 3 resolved peers on 5 rows (93%); no cross-lab optimism probe available; shrunk 1.7 up toward the measured corpus · 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: gemma 4 E4B it vs Mistral Small 4

Public benchmark boards where gemma 4 E4B it or Mistral Small 4 has a published result
Boardgemma 4 E4B itMistral Small 4Leads
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis—11.5intelligence-index:v4.3:reasoning-unspecifiedOnly one result
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis—21.0%terminal-bench:2.1:terminus-2:e2b:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Mistral Small 4":reasoning=trueOnly one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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gemma 4 E4B it vs Mistral Small 4: common questions

Is gemma 4 E4B it better than Mistral Small 4?

Mistral Small 4 ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 9 September 2026: #96 against #98. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is gemma 4 E4B it cheaper than Mistral Small 4?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, gemma 4 E4B it or Mistral Small 4?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, gemma 4 E4B it or Mistral Small 4?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are gemma 4 E4B it and Mistral Small 4 open-weight models?

gemma 4 E4B it: Open weights. Mistral Small 4: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run gemma 4 E4B it and Mistral Small 4?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for gemma 4 E4B it and 2 for Mistral Small 4, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this gemma 4 E4B it vs Mistral Small 4 comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 9 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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