Mistral Large 4 vs Claude Haiku 3.5 vs Inkling Small
Too close to call on our weighted score (Inkling Small 68, Mistral Large 4 67, Claude Haiku 3.5 46). The right pick depends on what you value most.
Mistral AIMistral Large 4
67/100- ECI150.6
- Price$0.70 / $2.10
- Context1.05M
AnthropicClaude Haiku 3.5
46/100- ECI127.0
- Price$0.80 / $4.00
- Context200K
Thinking MachinesInkling Small
68/100- ECI150.5
- Price$0.58 / $1.44
- Context1.05M
Too close to call
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 1 points (Inkling Small 68/100, Mistral Large 4 67/100, Claude Haiku 3.5 46/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Mistral Large 4 for raw capability and Inkling Small on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
- CapabilityMistral Large 4Capabilities Index (ECI): Mistral Large 4 150.6 · Inkling Small 150.5 · Claude Haiku 3.5 127.0
- Lowest priceInkling SmallInkling Small $0.795 · Mistral Large 4 $1.05 · Claude Haiku 3.5 $1.60 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextMistral Large 4 and Inkling SmallMistral Large 4 1,048,576 · Inkling Small 1,048,576 · Claude Haiku 3.5 200,000 tokens
- Widest inputsClaude Haiku 3.5 and Inkling SmallMistral Large 4: Text, Images · Claude Haiku 3.5: Text, Images, PDFs · Inkling Small: Text, Images, Audio
- Self-hostingInkling SmallPublishes downloadable weights (Apache-2.0)
| Measure | Weight | Mistral Large 4 | Claude Haiku 3.5 | Inkling Small |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 77 | 48 | 77 |
| Price | 25% | 47 | 38 | 52 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 70 | 60 | 70 |
| Context window | 10% | 61 | 32 | 61 |
| Overall | 100% | 67/100 | 46/100 | 68/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Mistral Large 4Mistral AI | Claude Haiku 3.5Anthropic | Inkling SmallThinking Machines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 150.6 (best) | 127.0 | 150.5 |
| ECI rank | #57 of 165 (best) | #147 of 165 | #58 of 165 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 88.1% | 38.1% | 88.5% (best) |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 58.6% (best) | — | 46.3% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 98.3% (best) | 4.3% | 90.0% |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | 20.0% (best) | — | 19.1% |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.70 | $0.80 | $0.58 (best) |
| Output | $2.10 | $4.00 | $1.44 (best) |
| Cached input | $0.07 (best) | — | $0.116 |
| Blended (3:1) | $1.05 | $1.60 | $0.795 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official Mistral API | Median of 3 providers | Official Thinking Machines API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens (best) | 200,000 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 262,144 tokens | 8,192 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | No | Yes | No |
| Audio | No | No | Yes |
| Video | No | No | No |
| Reasoning | Yeslow · medium · high | No | Yeslow · medium · high · xhigh · max |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary | OpenApache-2.0 |
| API model ID | mistral-large-4 | — | thinkingmachines/Inkling-Small |
| API providers | 15 (best) | 4 | 12 |
| Released | Oct 6, 2026 | Oct 22, 2024 | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | Jul 31, 2024 | — |
What would a month cost?
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- Mistral Large 4$11.20
- Claude Haiku 3.5$16.00
- Inkling Small$8.68
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Mistral Large 4, Claude Haiku 3.5 or Inkling Small?
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 1 points (Inkling Small 68/100, Mistral Large 4 67/100, Claude Haiku 3.5 46/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Mistral Large 4 for raw capability and Inkling Small on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 4, Claude Haiku 3.5 or Inkling Small?
Inkling Small is cheaper at $0.58 input / $1.44 output per million tokens (official Thinking Machines API price). Mistral Large 4 costs $0.70 input / $2.10 output per million tokens (official Mistral API price); Claude Haiku 3.5 costs $0.80 input / $4.00 output per million tokens (median across 3 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.795 per million tokens for Inkling Small versus $1.05 for Mistral Large 4 (1.3× as much) and $1.60 for Claude Haiku 3.5 (2× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Mistral Large 4 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Mistral Large 4 150.6 (#57 of 165), Inkling Small 150.5 (#58 of 165) and Claude Haiku 3.5 127.0 (#147 of 165). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (147.4–153.5 vs 147.7–152.4), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Inkling Small 88.5%, Mistral Large 4 88.1%, Claude Haiku 3.5 38.1%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Mistral Large 4 98.3%, Inkling Small 90.0%, Claude Haiku 3.5 4.3%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Mistral Large 4, Claude Haiku 3.5 and Inkling Small yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Mistral Large 4 leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Mistral Large 4 and Inkling Small have the largest context windows (1,048,576 and 1,048,576 tokens), against 200,000 for Claude Haiku 3.5. Maximum output per response: Mistral Large 4 up to 262,144, Claude Haiku 3.5 up to 8,192, Inkling Small up to 1,048,576 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Mistral Large 4 accepts text and images; Claude Haiku 3.5 accepts text, images and PDFs; Inkling Small accepts text, images and audio. Claude Haiku 3.5 handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Inkling Small publishes its weights (Apache-2.0) and can be self-hosted; Mistral Large 4 and Claude Haiku 3.5 is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Mistral Large 4 is the newest, released Oct 6, 2026. Inkling Small came out Jul 30, 2026; Claude Haiku 3.5 came out Oct 22, 2024. Knowledge cutoff: Claude Haiku 3.5 Jul 31, 2024.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.
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