Mistral Small 4 vs MiniMax M3
Rank, tier, score and price side by side, from our weekly rankings. Scores are editorial opinion based on public sources.
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Mistral Small 4
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MiniMax M3
- ProviderMistral AIMiniMax
- Rank#43#42
- TierAA
- Score80.080.0
- PriceFree (open weights); paid API availableLower price tierOpen weights (MiniMax Community License); API $0.30 input / $1.20 output per 1M tokens via MiniMax (prompts up to 512K; $0.60 / $2.40 above)
- TaglineHybrid open model unifying instruct, reasoning, and coding in a single efficient package.Natively multimodal open-weight model built for very long agent trajectories.
| Attribute | Mistral Small 4 | MiniMax M3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | MiniMax |
| Rank | #43 | #42 |
| Tier | A | A |
| Score | 80.0 | 80.0 |
| Price | Free (open weights); paid API availableLower price tier | Open weights (MiniMax Community License); API $0.30 input / $1.20 output per 1M tokens via MiniMax (prompts up to 512K; $0.60 / $2.40 above) |
| Tagline | Hybrid open model unifying instruct, reasoning, and coding in a single efficient package. | Natively multimodal open-weight model built for very long agent trajectories. |