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MiniMax: MiniMax M3 vs Mistral: Mistral Small 4
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-09-23.
| MiniMax: MiniMax M3 | Mistral: Mistral Small 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | minimax | mistralai |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Benchmark Score | 47.2 | 3.8 |
| Input Price | $0.30/M | $0.15/M |
| Output Price | $1.20/M | $0.60/M |
| Context Window | 1,048,576 | 262,144 |
| Max Output | 512,000 | 209,715 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
| Benchmark Scores | ||
| ai_index | 48.2 | 9.6 |
Who wins by task?
| Task | MiniMax: MiniMax M3 | Mistral: Mistral Small 4 |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 139 | 132 |
| Code Review | 141 | 128 |
| Code Completion | 132 | 129 |
| Code Refactoring | 143 | 129 |
| Bug Fixing | 145 | 132 |
| Unit Test Generation | 129 | 122 |
| Code Documentation | 136 | 127 |
| Regex Writing | 124 | 120 |
| CI/CD Pipelines | 125 | 118 |
| Frontend Component Design | 127 | 123 |
| Data Analysis | 131 | 125 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 135 | 128 |
| ETL Scripting | 134 | 123 |
| JSON Extraction | 131 | 131 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 129 | 129 |
| OCR / Document Parsing | 133 | 128 |
| Table Extraction from PDFs | 133 | 128 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 145 | 131 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 126 | 124 |
| Blog Post Writing | 127 | 120 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →
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