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Mistral: Mistral Small 4 (batch)

Mistral Small 4 (batch) is a Mistral AI model that accepts both text and image input. It offers a 262,144-token context window and allows up to 209,715 completion tokens, so long documents and lengthy outputs can fit in a single request. It supports tool calling and reasoning. Structured output support is not listed, so confirm it before relying on schema-constrained responses. Pricing is $0.075 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens. That rate makes it worth shortlisting for high-volume workloads where per-token cost drives the decision, such as mixed image and text processing or tool-driven pipelines that consume large contexts. The weak point is evidence; there is no independent benchmark coverage yet, so its quality relative to other models is unproven. Teams considering it should run their own evaluations on representative tasks against known alternatives before moving production traffic.

Quality Score
100/100
price + capability + benchmarks
Input Price
$0.07
per 1M tokens · checked 2026-10-25
Output Price
$0.30
per 1M tokens · checked 2026-10-25
Context Window
262,144
tokens
Model ID
mistralai/mistral-small-2603:batch
Vendor
mistralai
Released
March 2026
Tokenizer
Mistral
Input Modalities
text, image
Output Modalities
text
Max Output
209,715 tokens
Tool Calling
✓ supported
Structured Output
✓ supported
Reasoning Mode
✓ supported
Vision
✓ accepts images
Audio
no
Moderated
no

What it costs in practice

Computed from the current $0.07/M input and $0.30/M output rates. Run your own numbers →

JobTokensCost
Summarize a 50-page report 30k in / 1.5k out under $0.01
Classify 1,000 customer emails 500k in / 50k out $0.05
A month of a busy support chatbot 5M in / 2M out $0.97

Price & spec history

Tracked daily by PicksByModel since 2026-08-29.

DateInput /MOutput /MContext
2026-09-10 $0.07 $0.30 262,144
2026-08-29 $0.15 $0.60 262,144

Category rankings

Where Mistral: Mistral Small 4 (batch) places across the 3 categories it ranks in. How we rank →

#CategoryScore
#21 Self-Hosted / LocalCost · of 25 ranked 117
#21 Real-Time ChatLatency · of 25 ranked 118
#23 Cheap Bulk InferenceCost · of 25 ranked 137

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Quick answers

How much does Mistral: Mistral Small 4 (batch) cost?
$0.07 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens.
What is Mistral: Mistral Small 4 (batch)'s context window?
262,144 tokens, roughly 393 pages of text in a single request.
Does Mistral: Mistral Small 4 (batch) support tool calling?
It supports tool calling, structured output, a reasoning mode.
Can Mistral: Mistral Small 4 (batch) process images?
Yes, it accepts image input.

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