# Inkling-Small vs Mistral Large 4

> Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/inkling-small-vs-mistral-large-4
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 14

## Summary

- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling-Small scores higher in 3 categories and Mistral Large 4 in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Inkling-Small leads 38.6 to 22.5.
- Inkling-Small is cheaper at $0.45 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.68 / $2.09 for Mistral Large 4.
- Mistral Large 4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 524K.
- Inkling-Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Inkling-Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 46.5 | 43.1 |
| Rank | 63 | 99 |
| Context | 524K | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | $0.45 | $0.68 |
| Output $/M | $1.20 | $2.09 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Inkling-Small: 43.6 (#85)
- Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1409 | 1541 |
| LMArena Coding | 1451 | 1475 |
| SciCode | 48.7% | — |

## Reasoning

- Inkling-Small: 38.6 (#63)
- Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1423 | 1444 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 40.1% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 27.4% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 84% | — |
| CritPt | 8.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 18% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 150.15 | — |

## Math

- Inkling-Small: 45.1 (#77)
- Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1459 | 1488 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 46.3% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 17.1% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 90% | — |
| ProofBench | 6% | — |

## Knowledge

- Inkling-Small: 48.2 (#77)
- Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleQA Verified | 19.1% | 20% |
| LMArena Expert | 1442 | 1447 |
| GPQA Diamond | 88.5% | — |

## Multimodal

- Inkling-Small: 39.1 (#62)
- Mistral Large 4: —

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1235 | — |

## Multilingual

- Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#104)
- Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1402 | 1415 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | 1491 |
| LMArena Russian | 1391 | 1414 |
| LMArena French | 1436 | — |
| LMArena German | 1405 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1405 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1363 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1428 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Inkling-Small: 73.8 (#114)
- Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1399 | 1424 |

## Long Context

- Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#118)
- Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1401 | 1429 |

## Writing & Preference

- Inkling-Small: 59.6 (#107)
- Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1414 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1418 | 1424 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1491 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Inkling-Small better than Mistral Large 4?

Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Inkling-Small or Mistral Large 4?

Inkling-Small is cheaper. It lists at $0.45 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 4 lists at $0.68 and $2.09.

### Is Inkling-Small or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?

Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 43.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

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

### How many benchmarks do Inkling-Small and Mistral Large 4 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling-Small has 33 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.