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Mistral Small 4 vs Inkling Small
Live dataset updated 9/22/2026, 3:10:38 AM UTC
Open 1200×630 evidence receipt| Field | Mistral Small 4 Mistral AI | Inkling Small Thinking Machines |
|---|---|---|
| ModelCap position | #88 | #86 |
| Index score | 53.1 | 54.0 |
| Evidence | Measured1 public benchmark observation across 1 board | Measured4 public benchmark observations across 4 boards |
| Input / 1M | $0.15 | $0.45 |
| Output / 1M | $0.60 | $1.20 |
| Pricing status | fresh | fresh |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Providers | 1 | 3 |
| Weight access | Open weights | Open weights |
Decision facts
- Mistral Small 4 is #88; Inkling Small is #86 on the same current language board.
- Index scores are 53.1 for Mistral Small 4 and 54.0 for Inkling Small. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.
- Both positions use Measured evidence.
- Listed output price per 1M tokens is $0.60 for Mistral Small 4 and $1.20 for Inkling Small. For 1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each (2M input + 0.5M output), the listed-rate estimate is $0.60 for Mistral Small 4 versus $1.50 for Inkling Small. Mistral Small 4 costs 60.0% less in this scenario. This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the selected endpoint before budgeting.
- Published context is 262,144 tokens for Mistral Small 4 and 1,048,576 for Inkling Small.
- ModelCap currently lists 1 providers for Mistral Small 4 and 3 for Inkling Small.
These are separate published fields, not a synthetic winner. ModelCap does not collapse price, access, context, and capability evidence into a hidden recommendation score.
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