GPT-4 vs Mistral Small 3.2 24B
Mistral Small 3.2 24B costs 200.0x less per output token than GPT-4 ($0.30 vs $60.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $60.00
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $0.30
GPT-4 or Mistral Small 3.2 24B: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
No benchmark has tested both yet. GPT-4 has results on SWE-bench Verified, SWE-bench Lite and SWE-bench (full test set); Mistral Small 3.2 24B on Design Arena: websites, Design Arena: UI components and Design Arena: game dev. Compare them on price and context instead.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only GPT-4 has a AA Intelligence Index result, 6.7.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Mistral Small 3.2 24B has a Design Arena: websites result, 896.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Mistral Small 3.2 24B
Mistral Small 3.2 24B takes 256K tokens against 8K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Mistral Small 3.2 24B
GPT-4 $0.060, Mistral Small 3.2 24B $0.0003 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- GPT-4 not benchmarked, Mistral Small 3.2 24B not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- None yet: no category has been tested on both models.
- Widest single gap
- None yet: no benchmark has tested both models.
- Output price
- GPT-4 $60.00 against Mistral Small 3.2 24B $0.30 per million output tokens, 200.0x apart.
- Context window
- GPT-4 takes 8K tokens, Mistral Small 3.2 24B 256K.
Benchmark by benchmark
Every board either model has a result on, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale. Only one model is measured on each, so no row names a leader.
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index6 boards measured
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 22.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| SWE-bench Lite | 39.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| SWE-bench (full test set) | 12.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| AA Coding Index | 13.1 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1209 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1195 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 33 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards measured
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 6.7 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 125.7 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards measured
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 34.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 75.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1200 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1149 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1209 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index3 boards measured
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | 92.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1230 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1228 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards measured
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 56.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| MMLU | 86.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| AI2 Reasoning Challenge | 96.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1177 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1145 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1191 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1145 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards measured
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 896 | Only Mistral Small 3.2 24B measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 907 | Only Mistral Small 3.2 24B measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 888 | Only Mistral Small 3.2 24B measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 929 | Only Mistral Small 3.2 24B measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 907 | Only Mistral Small 3.2 24B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index22 boards measured
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 33.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| DTBench | 62.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMCA | 17.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| HellaSwag | 95.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| WinoGrande | 87.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1206 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1201 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1191 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1220 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1194 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1184 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1198 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1137 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1087 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1220 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1197 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1195 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1265 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1206 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1190 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1219 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1184 | Not measured | Only GPT-4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Mistral Small 3.2 24B costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Mistral Small 3.2 24B costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Mistral Small 3.2 24B costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | OpenAI GPT-4 | Mistral Small 3.2 24B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | Mistral AI |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | May 28, 2023 | June 20, 2025 |
| Context window | 8K | 256K |
| Input $/Mtok | $30.00 | $0.10 |
| Output $/Mtok | $60.00 | $0.30 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GPT-4 better than Mistral Small 3.2 24B for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
Which is cheaper, GPT-4 or Mistral Small 3.2 24B?
GPT-4 costs $30.00 per million input tokens and $60.00 per million output tokens; Mistral Small 3.2 24B costs $0.10 and $0.30. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, GPT-4 or Mistral Small 3.2 24B?
Mistral Small 3.2 24B, with 256K tokens against 8K.
Has any benchmark tested both GPT-4 and Mistral Small 3.2 24B?
No benchmark has tested both yet. GPT-4 has results on SWE-bench Verified, SWE-bench Lite and SWE-bench (full test set); Mistral Small 3.2 24B on Design Arena: websites, Design Arena: UI components and Design Arena: game dev. Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 21, 2026.