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Gemma 3 4B IT vs Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501

Close to a tie overall. Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501 costs 8% less for the same work.

Gemma 3 4B IT

by Google · #64 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
128K
Input / 1M
$0.050
Output / 1M
$0.10

Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501

by Mistral AI · #65 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
32K
Input / 1M
$0.050
Output / 1M
$0.080

Better overall

About even

Grade 21.5 vs 20.1

Cheaper

Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501

8% less, $0.058 vs $0.063 blended

Larger context

Gemma 3 4B IT

128K vs 32K tokens

Head to head

Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.

LMArena TextElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501: 1,274
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501: 1,312

Gemma 3 4B ITMistral Small 24B Instruct 2501v = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.

What it costs you

Drag to match your monthly usage.

Gemma 3 4B IT$14.00 /month
Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501$13.20 /month

Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501 saves you $0.80 a month at this usage, $9.60 a year.

At a glance

AttributeGemma 3 4B ITMistral Small 24B Instruct 2501
Made byGoogleMistral AI
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeGood · 21.5Good · 20.1
Overall rank#64 of 67#65 of 67
Input price$0.050 per 1M$0.050 per 1M
Output price$0.10 per 1M$0.080 per 1M
Context window131,072 tokens32,768 tokens
Reasoning levelsNoNo
Reads imagesYesNo
Model IDgemma-3-4b-itmistral-small-24b-instruct-2501

Try both with one key

Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.

Get your API key
# Ask either model the same thing
curl https://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model": "gemma-3-4b-it", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is Gemma 3 4B IT or Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501 better?

They grade within two points of each other (21.5 and 20.1), so pick on price and the benchmarks that match your work.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 4B IT or Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501?

Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501: $0.050 in and $0.080 out per million tokens, against $0.050 and $0.10 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

Gemma 3 4B IT, with 131,072 tokens.

Can I use both with one API key?

Yes, once they launch: both are coming soon, at the prices shown, and both will use the same FullsendAI key.

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Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.