Mistral Small (latest) vs o4-mini
Mistral Small (latest) is cheaper than o4-mini by about 86% on a blended (75% input / 25% output) basis. Mistral Small (latest) charges $0.15 / $0.60 per 1M input/output tokens; o4-mini charges $1.10 / $4.40.
| Field | Mistral Small (latest) | o4-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Input $/Mtok | $0.15 | $1.10 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.60 | $4.40 |
| Cache read $/Mtok | $0.0150 | $0.28 |
| Cache write $/Mtok | – | – |
| Input $/Mchar | 0.0533 | 0.31 |
| Output $/Mchar | 0.21 | 1.24 |
| Context window | 256000 | 200000 |
| Tokenizer | mistral | o200k |
| Confidence? | aggregator | api |
| Source | litellm | openrouter |
Confidence: official = vendor pricing page · api = OpenRouter per-host · aggregator = community list, may lag · unreviewed = automatic extraction awaiting review. When sources disagree the most authoritative wins. Details: /methodology#confidence
Price history
Same workload, monthly cost
Illustrative monthly cost at 10M tokens/month, split per workload preset. Not a substitute for the calculator, which uses your own volume, cache and batch assumptions.
| Workload | Mistral Small (latest) | o4-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Coding agent | $1.73 | $12.65 |
| RAG chat | $2.17 | $15.95 |
| Summarisation (batch) | $1.95 | $14.30 |
| Classification | $1.59 | $11.66 |
| Chat assistant | $3.30 | $24.20 |
| Content generation | $5.10 | $37.40 |
Cite this page
Mistral Small (latest) vs o4-mini: $0.15/$0.60 vs $1.10/$4.40 per 1M tokens as of 2026-10-04. Token Barometer by Dejan Strbad, https://tokenbarometer.com, data CC BY 4.0. https://tokenbarometer.com/compare/mistral_mistral-small-2503-vs-openai_o4-mini
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