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Mistral Small 4

Mistral AI · released 16 Mar 2026 · open weights

Apache-2.0 open weights, 119B total / 6B active MoE with configurable reasoning effort; the cheapest Mistral row in this ledger.

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256K

256,000 tokens

Input price

$0.15

per 1M tokens

Output price

$0.60

per 1M tokens

Blended

$0.26

3:1 in:out mix

Weights

Open

self-hostable

Released

16 Mar 2026

Mistral AI

Long-context / tier pricingBatch processing halves both halves; cached input saves up to 90%. Listed prices are the base rate for prompts up to ~200K tokens.

Open-weights API prices are representative third-party-hosted rates; self-hosting costs only your own hardware.

Where it ranks

Of 40 models tracked.

Cost to run

#6

of 40

Input price

#3(tied)

of 40

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#36(tied)

of 40

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Compare with

The nearest models by blended cost to run.

Put it to work

Specs from BitByteCore's hand-verified Frontier Ledger (v2026-09-23), this row verified 22 Sep 2026 against Mistral AI's official pricing. Model pricing moves fast, so confirm with Mistral AI before you rely on a figure.