GPT-4o vs Mistral Small 3.2 24B
Mistral Small 3.2 24B costs 33.3x less per output token than GPT-4o ($0.30 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 5 benchmarks have a result for both.
GPT-4o or Mistral Small 3.2 24B: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick GPT-4o for work measured by Design Arena: websites or Design Arena: UI components, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 5
- GPT-4o only
- 21
- Mistral Small 3.2 24B only
- 0
- Like-for-like categories
- 1 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
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
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Mistral Small 3.2 24B
Mistral Small 3.2 24B leads, 896 against 831.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Mistral Small 3.2 24B
Mistral Small 3.2 24B takes 256K tokens against 128K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Mistral Small 3.2 24B
GPT-4o $0.0075, Mistral Small 3.2 24B $0.0003 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- GPT-4o not benchmarked, Mistral Small 3.2 24B not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Web design, 5.5 points apart on average over 5 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Design Arena: data viz: GPT-4o 858 against Mistral Small 3.2 24B 929, 8.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- GPT-4o $10.00 against Mistral Small 3.2 24B $0.30 per million output tokens, 33.3x apart.
- Context window
- GPT-4o takes 128K tokens, Mistral Small 3.2 24B 256K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | GPT-4o | Bars | Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Web design | 1 | 4 | ||
| All shared boards | 1 | 4 |
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-4o | Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 38.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-4o measured |
| SWE-bench Lite | 38.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-4o measured |
| SWE-bench (full test set) | 18.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-4o measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal | 30.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-4o measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 30.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-4o measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 8.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-4o measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 32 boards here | |||
IntelligenceNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-4o | Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 2 boards here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-4o | Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 25.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-4o measured |
| GDPval | 9.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-4o measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-4o | Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 54.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-4o measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 2.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-4o measured |
| ARC-AGI | 4.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-4o measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-4o measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-4o | Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | 6.0 | Not measured | Only GPT-4o measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 6.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-4o measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-4o | Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 74.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-4o measured |
| MMLU | 88.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-4o measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index14
| Benchmark | GPT-4o | Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 831 | 896 | Mistral Small 3.2 24B |
| Design Arena: UI components | 885 | 907 | Mistral Small 3.2 24B |
| Design Arena: game dev | 906 | 888 | GPT-4o |
| Design Arena: data viz | 858 | 929 | Mistral Small 3.2 24B |
| Design Arena: 3D | 869 | Not measured | Only GPT-4o measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 861 | 907 | Mistral Small 3.2 24B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-4o | Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 34.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-4o measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 49.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-4o measured |
| DTBench | 64.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-4o measured |
| LMCA | 16.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-4o measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 42 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-4o | Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 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-4o | Mistral Small 3.2 24B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | Mistral AI |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | May 13, 2024 | June 20, 2025 |
| Context window | 128K | 256K |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.50 | $0.10 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $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-4o better than Mistral Small 3.2 24B for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick GPT-4o for work measured by Design Arena: websites or Design Arena: UI components, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, GPT-4o or Mistral Small 3.2 24B?
GPT-4o costs $2.50 per million input tokens and $10.00 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-4o or Mistral Small 3.2 24B?
Mistral Small 3.2 24B, with 256K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks is the GPT-4o vs Mistral Small 3.2 24B comparison based on?
5 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. GPT-4o's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Mistral Small 3.2 24B's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.