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Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501 vs Phi 4

Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501 grades higher overall (20.1 against 15.5). Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501 costs 34% less for the same work.

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

Phi 4

by Microsoft · #66 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
16K
Input / 1M
$0.070
Output / 1M
$0.14

Better overall

Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501

Grade 20.1 vs 15.5

Cheaper

Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501

34% less, $0.058 vs $0.087 blended

Larger context

Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501

32K vs 16K 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

Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501Phi 4v = 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.

Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501$13.20 /month
Phi 4$19.60 /month

Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501 saves you $6.40 a month at this usage, $76.80 a year.

At a glance

AttributeMistral Small 24B Instruct 2501Phi 4
Made byMistral AIMicrosoft
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeGood · 20.1Good · 15.5
Overall rank#65 of 67#66 of 67
Input price$0.050 per 1M$0.070 per 1M
Output price$0.080 per 1M$0.14 per 1M
Context window32,768 tokens16,384 tokens
Reasoning levelsNoNo
Reads imagesNoNo
Model IDmistral-small-24b-instruct-2501phi-4

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": "mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "phi-4", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501 or Phi 4 better?

Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501 grades 20.1 against 15.5 for Phi 4, from public benchmarks.

Which is cheaper, Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501 or Phi 4?

Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501: $0.050 in and $0.080 out per million tokens, against $0.070 and $0.14 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

Mistral Small 24B Instruct 2501, with 32,768 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.