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Mistral Large 4 vs Inkling

Mistral Large 4 leads Inkling on coding, 56.4 to 31.5 on the Vibe Coding Index, at about the same output price ($4.18 vs $4.05 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 71 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Mistral Large 4 Replace Inkling
Mistral Large 4Mistral AI
Coding
56.4
Overall
54.6
Output $/M
$4.18
43
T InklingThinking Machines
Coding
31.5
Overall
46.5
Output $/M
$4.05
28
vs boards won of 71 shared

Mistral Large 4 or Inkling: which to pick

Pick Mistral Large 4 for coding: it scores 56.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 31.5 for Inkling, though on 5 benchmarks against 6.

Pick Inkling for output tokens 1.0x cheaper ($4.05 vs $4.18 per million) and work measured by LiveBench coding or LiveBench research, where it leads.

Model AMistral Large 4Mistral AI56.4/1005 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel BInklingThinking Machines31.5/1006 independent benchmarks$0.76 per solved task
Shared results
71
Mistral Large 4 only
10
Inkling only
31
Like-for-like categories
8 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.

At a glance

Coding index
Mistral Large 4 56.4 from 5 benchmarks, Inkling 31.5 from 6 benchmarks.
Widest category
Coding, 19.4 points apart on average over 14 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): Mistral Large 4 78.4% against Inkling 19.2%, 59.2 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Mistral Large 4 $4.18 against Inkling $4.05 per million output tokens, 1.0x apart.
Context window
Mistral Large 4 takes 1.05M tokens, Inkling 524K.

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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryMistral Large 4BarsInklingTies
Coding131
Intelligence20
Agentic work53
Reasoning34
Math51
Knowledge15
Web design90
General514
All shared boards4328
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index131
Coding benchmarks for Mistral Large 4 and Inkling
BenchmarkMistral Large 4InklingLeader
LiveBench coding60.0%64.0%Inkling
LMArena WebDev15431414Mistral Large 4
AA Coding IndexNot measured52.1Only Inkling measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured85.5%Only Inkling measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured77.6%Only Inkling measured
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)27.8%0.5%Mistral Large 4
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)78.4%19.2%Mistral Large 4
Code migration (Vals AI)30.6%11.8%Mistral Large 4
ProgramBench (Vals AI)Not measured0.0%Only Inkling measured
IOI (Vals AI)45.3%14.9%Mistral Large 4
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured47.6%Only Inkling measured
SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI)33.1%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI)14.3%7.3%Mistral Large 4
SkillsBench (Vals AI)Not measured26.1%Only Inkling measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)Not measured66.8%Only Inkling measured
SciCode54.2%47.0%Mistral Large 4
FrontierCode39.4%14.0%Mistral Large 4
FrontierSWENot measured4.1%Only Inkling measured
WeirdMLNot measured32.3%Only Inkling measured
ALE-Bench1213.2946.0Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: coding14781466Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: software and IT14671465Mistral Large 4
LMArena WebDev: React15591404Mistral Large 4
LMArena WebDev: HTML14871399Mistral Large 4
Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for Mistral Large 4 and Inkling
BenchmarkMistral Large 4InklingLeader
AA Intelligence Index38.425.0Mistral Large 4
Epoch Capabilities Index150.0148.4Mistral Large 4
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index53
Agentic work benchmarks for Mistral Large 4 and Inkling
BenchmarkMistral Large 4InklingLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured22.5Only Inkling measured
Design Arena: agents building web appsNot measured1196Only Inkling measured
LiveBench research28.1%59.9%Inkling
LiveBench browser8.0%16.0%Inkling
LiveBench long agentic11.8%14.1%Inkling
SREBench (Vals AI)Not measured0.0%Only Inkling measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)54.7%46.6%Mistral Large 4
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)30.4%15.3%Mistral Large 4
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)31.7%28.4%Mistral Large 4
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)17.5%3.8%Mistral Large 4
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)56.2%38.4%Mistral Large 4
BioMysteryBench (Vals AI)67.0%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
APEX-AgentsNot measured33.8%Only Inkling measured
Neither model has a result on the other 28 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index34
Reasoning benchmarks for Mistral Large 4 and Inkling
BenchmarkMistral Large 4InklingLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured87.1%Only Inkling measured
LiveBench reasoning83.9%78.3%Mistral Large 4
MysteryMechanism (Vals AI)12.2%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured78.5%Only Inkling measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured87.2%Only Inkling measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)35.0%31.9%Mistral Large 4
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)88.1%88.3%Inkling
ARC-AGINot measured79.5%Only Inkling measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured36.5%Only Inkling measured
SimpleBenchNot measured50.0%Only Inkling measured
Chess puzzles33.0%21.0%Mistral Large 4
Mystery game puzzles17.0%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14441451Inkling
LMArena Text: expert14441466Inkling
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14421448Inkling
LMArena Vision: diagrams1288Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index51
Math benchmarks for Mistral Large 4 and Inkling
BenchmarkMistral Large 4InklingLeader
OTIS Mock AIME98.3%88.9%Mistral Large 4
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 358.6%33.3%Mistral Large 4
FrontierMath, tier 426.8%4.9%Mistral Large 4
ProofBench10.0%0.0%Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: math14691479Inkling
LMArena Text: mathematical work14621460Mistral Large 4
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index15
Knowledge benchmarks for Mistral Large 4 and Inkling
BenchmarkMistral Large 4InklingLeader
MMLU ProNot measured86.3%Only Inkling measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured83.0%Only Inkling measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured68.6%Only Inkling measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured75.3%Only Inkling measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured64.0%Only Inkling measured
MedCode (Vals AI)40.7%41.2%Inkling
SimpleQA Verified20.0%40.3%Inkling
LMArena Text: science14481455Inkling
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14331447Inkling
LMArena Text: legal and government14251448Inkling
LMArena Text: business and finance14391438Mistral Large 4
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index90
Web design benchmarks for Mistral Large 4 and Inkling
BenchmarkMistral Large 4InklingLeader
Design Arena: websites12581224Mistral Large 4
Design Arena: UI components12751201Mistral Large 4
Design Arena: game dev12261166Mistral Large 4
Design Arena: data viz12741159Mistral Large 4
Design Arena: 3D12531161Mistral Large 4
Design Arena: all code categories12591206Mistral Large 4
Design Arena: SVG12331110Mistral Large 4
Design Arena: ASCII art12021089Mistral Large 4
LiveBench design65.6%58.3%Mistral Large 4
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index514
General benchmarks for Mistral Large 4 and Inkling
BenchmarkMistral Large 4InklingLeader
Vals IndexNot measured29.0%Only Inkling measured
LiveBench data analysis76.5%72.8%Mistral Large 4
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)Not measured58.5%Only Inkling measured
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured36.5%Only Inkling measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)80.4%85.4%Inkling
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured49.4%Only Inkling measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)81.3%77.3%Mistral Large 4
DTBench88.2%87.5%Mistral Large 4
LMCA35.8%37.6%Inkling
Surface Evolver Bench28.1%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
Furniture assembly20.8%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
LMArena Text14311442Inkling
LMArena Text: instruction following14221425Inkling
LMArena Text: creative writing13631390Inkling
LMArena Vision1272Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
LMArena Text: English14331442Inkling
LMArena Text: non-English14221434Inkling
LMArena Text: Chinese14921493Inkling
LMArena Text: GermanNot measured1445Only Inkling measured
LMArena Text: Japanese14151429Inkling
LMArena Text: KoreanNot measured1403Only Inkling measured
LMArena Text: French14921455Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: Spanish14551449Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: Russian14171430Inkling
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1450Only Inkling measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn14351437Inkling
LMArena Text: longer queries14281435Inkling
LMArena Text: writing and language13861404Inkling
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13781394Inkling
LMArena Vision: English1283Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
LMArena Vision: reading text1284Not measuredOnly Mistral Large 4 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Mistral Large 4 and Inkling
BenchmarkMistral Large 4InklingLeader
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 Large 4$0.0034Fits in one request
Inkling$0.0030Fits in one request

Inkling costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Mistral Large 4$0.081Fits in one request
Inkling$0.061Fits in one request

Inkling costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Mistral Large 4$0.314Fits in one request
Inkling$0.235Fits in one request

Inkling 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.

Specifications of Mistral Large 4 and Inkling
SpecificationMistral Large 4Thinking Machines Inkling
MakerMistral AIThinking Machines
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedOctober 6, 2026July 17, 2026
Context window1.05M524K
Input $/Mtok$1.36$0.975
Output $/Mtok$4.18$4.05
Coding index56.431.5
Independent measurements behind it56
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.76
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Mistral Large 4 better than Inkling for coding?

Pick Mistral Large 4 for coding: it scores 56.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 31.5 for Inkling, though on 5 benchmarks against 6. Pick Inkling for output tokens 1.0x cheaper ($4.05 vs $4.18 per million) and work measured by LiveBench coding or LiveBench research, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 4 or Inkling?

Mistral Large 4 costs $1.36 per million input tokens and $4.18 per million output tokens; Inkling costs $0.975 and $4.05. Cost per solved task is known for Inkling only.

Which has the bigger context window, Mistral Large 4 or Inkling?

Mistral Large 4, with 1.05M tokens against 524K.

How many benchmarks is the Mistral Large 4 vs Inkling comparison based on?

71 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Mistral Large 4's coding index rests on 5 independent benchmarks and Inkling's on 6. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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