# Inkling vs Mistral Large 4

> Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Large 4 costs 2.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Inkling's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/inkling-vs-mistral-large-4
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 14

## Summary

- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling scores higher in 6 categories and Mistral Large 4 in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Inkling leads 55.1 to 36.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleQA Verified: 40.3% for Inkling and 20% for Mistral Large 4.
- Mistral Large 4 is cheaper at $0.68 / $2.09 per million input/output tokens, against $1.87 / $4.68 for Inkling.
- Mistral Large 4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 66K.
- Inkling has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Inkling | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 44.1 | 43.1 |
| Rank | 80 | 99 |
| Context | 66K | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | $1.87 | $0.68 |
| Output $/M | $4.68 | $2.09 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Inkling: 34.5 (#234)
- Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1413 | 1541 |
| LMArena Coding | 1464 | 1475 |
| FrontierCode | 14% | — |
| FrontierSWE | 4.1% | — |
| SciCode | 47% | — |
| WeirdML | 32.3% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 946 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Inkling: 29.6 (#85)
- Mistral Large 4: —

| Benchmark | Inkling | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 33.8% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 25% | — |

## Reasoning

- Inkling: 40.4 (#56)
- Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1451 | 1444 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 36.5% | — |
| SimpleBench | 50% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 27.4% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 79.5% | — |
| CritPt | 5.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 21% | — |
| DTBench | 87.5% | — |
| LMCA | 37.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 148.54 | — |

## Math

- Inkling: 31.3 (#225)
- Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1479 | 1488 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 33.3% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 4.9% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 88.9% | — |
| ProofBench | 0% | — |

## Knowledge

- Inkling: 55.1 (#49)
- Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleQA Verified | 40.3% | 20% |
| LMArena Expert | 1465 | 1447 |
| GPQA Diamond | 88.3% | — |

## Multilingual

- Inkling: 54.0 (#52)
- Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1434 | 1415 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1490 | 1491 |
| LMArena Russian | 1429 | 1414 |
| LMArena French | 1458 | — |
| LMArena German | 1446 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1429 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1404 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1448 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Inkling: 75.1 (#71)
- Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1426 | 1424 |

## Long Context

- Inkling: 43.8 (#86)
- Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1434 | 1429 |

## Writing & Preference

- Inkling: 65.2 (#51)
- Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1441 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1387 | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1436 | 1424 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1611 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1226 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Inkling better than Mistral Large 4?

Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Large 4 costs 2.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Inkling's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

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

Mistral Large 4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.68 per million input tokens and $2.09 per million output tokens; Inkling lists at $1.87 and $4.68.

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

Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 34.5 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 66K.

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

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling has 41 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.