Mistral Small 4 — pricing & specs
Mistral Small 4 is a fast model from Mistral, at capability tier 3 of 8. Live $/M-token pricing and specs from the Mintok catalog, as of 2026-10-09.
$/M-token pricing
as of 2026-10-09 · MistralWhat Mistral Small 4 costs in practice
At $0.60/M output tokens, Mistral Small 4 is the 5th-cheapest of 9 priced tier-3 models in the Mintok catalog — about 0% below the tier median of $0.60/M.
| Scenario | Est. cost |
|---|---|
| 1M input + 1M output tokens | $0.750 |
| A 10K-token request (8K in / 2K out) | $0.0024 |
| 1,000 agent runs (~2K in / 500 out each) | $0.600 |
| 1M-token RAG chat session (900K cached in / 100K out) | $0.073 |
Estimated from list price (as of 2026-10-09) at the token mixes shown; your real cost depends on prompt/response length and cache hit-rate. Model your own volume →
Specifications
- Vendor
- Mistral
- Family
- Mistral Small 4
- Capability tier
- 3 / 8
- Size class
- FAST
- Category
- GENERAL
- Parameters
- 119B total · 4B active (MoE)
- Context window
- 256,000 tokens
- Licensing
- Proprietary
Carbon footprint (modeled)
Modeled decode on a reference Cerebras Cerebras WSE-3 Turbo at 50% MBU, batch 32, global-avg grid. Compare all models & grids →
Alternatives at tier 3
Same capability tier, sorted by output price — the cheaper-capable options.
- Mistral NeMoMistral$0.15/M out
- Qwen3 32BAlibaba$0.28/M out
- Gemma 4 31BGoogle$0.35/M out
- Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGoogle$0.40/M out
- Mixtral 8x7BMistral$0.70/M out
- Magistral SmallMistral$1.50/M out
FAQ
How much does Mistral Small 4 cost per token?
Mistral Small 4 costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens (cached input $0.01/M), via Mistral, as of 2026-10-09.
Is Mistral Small 4 expensive?
At $0.60/M output tokens, Mistral Small 4 is the 5th-cheapest of 9 priced tier-3 models in the Mintok catalog — about 0% below the tier median of $0.60/M.
What does a typical request with Mistral Small 4 cost?
At list price, a 10K-token request (8K in / 2K out) with Mistral Small 4 costs about $0.0024, and 1,000 agent runs (~2K in / 500 out each) about $0.600.
What is Mistral Small 4's context window?
Mistral Small 4 supports a 256,000-token context window.
What capability tier is Mistral Small 4?
Mistral Small 4 sits at capability tier 3 of 8 on the Mintok scale (FAST size class).
Is Mistral Small 4 open-source or proprietary?
Mistral Small 4 is a proprietary model from Mistral, accessed via API.
Put Mistral Small 4 to work
Benchmark it on your prompts, or size a deployment and compare $/M-token against alternatives.
Pricing and specs are maintained by Mintok's catalog watchers from public sources. Not investment advice. Methodology.