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Muse Wonder vs Mistral Small 4

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 12 results on 2 sources that measured both models.

MetaMuse Wonder Released 12 Oct 2026 · $4.00 in · $20.00 out
Mistral AIMistral Small 4 Released 16 Mar 2026 · $0.15 in · $0.60 out
Muse Wonder wins 61 too close to callMistral Small 4 wins 5

Of the 12 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.

Results as of 14 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-14-7d7cf32c3f6d). See also Meta vs Mistral AI, every model from both labs.

Muse Wonder or Mistral Small 4? The short answer

Pick Muse Wonder if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 52.4 against 11.3). Pick Mistral Small 4 if cost matters more: it costs 17 times less per game of bullet chess on BulletBench. Mistral Small 4 is also faster.

  • Mistral Small 4 is cheaper to run: $0.004 against $0.066 per game of bullet chess on BulletBench (17 times less).
  • Muse Wonder scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 52.4 against 11.3.
  • Mistral Small 4 writes faster: 182 tokens a second against 117.
  • Muse Wonder is newer: released 12 Oct 2026, against 16 Mar 2026 for Mistral Small 4.
  • On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Muse Wonder does better for agents and tool use and reasoning and knowledge.

Head to head

52.4
Intelligence Index
11.3
$8.00
Price per million tokens, blendedlower is better
$0.26
117
Output speed, tokens a second
182
1,048,576
Context window, tokens
262,144

Every fact side by side

Muse WonderMistral Small 4
Price per million tokens$4.00 in · $20.00 out$0.15 in · $0.60 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$8.00$0.26
Cheapest host, blended–$0.26 (Mistral)
Cost per game of bullet chess (BulletBench)$0.066$0.004
Cached input, per million$0.20 cached input$0.015 cached input
Intelligence Index52.411.3
Spring Prompt overall71–
Output speed, tokens a second117182
Context window1,048,576 tokens262,144 tokens
Released12 Oct 2026 (newer)16 Mar 2026
WeightsClosedOpen
Developer based inthe USFrance

Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.

Which is better for what

Each model's rank among the models on sale today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.

Product listingsTurning a sparse product feed and photos into listings that can go live 4 of 22 not measured
Decks from an analysisTurning a finished analysis into a deck you could present as it is 8 of 21 not measured
User surveysPlanning a user survey and reading its results without being misled 2 of 10 not measured
Marketing planningPlanning a year of ad spend without overspending 11 of 21 not measured
Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 8 of 166 135 of 166
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 7 of 200 133 of 200
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality not measured 116 of 189
Speed under pressureGood decisions against a real clock (fast chess) 12 of 25 11 of 25

From our research

Every shared result

Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. Under each measure, every model that benchmark has measured is a grey tick, best to the right, so you can see where the two sit in the field. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.

MeasureMuse WonderMistral Small 4
BulletBench measured by Spring Prompt · 3 results
Cost per game · Bullet 60sUS dollars, lower is better 29 · 11 of 30 measured $0.0663minimal reasoning $0.0039no reasoning
Ladder Elo · Bullet 60sladder Elo, higher is better 19 · 21 of 30 measured 409minimal reasoning 367no reasoning
Games lost on time · Bullet 60s% of games, lower is better 23 · 13 of 30 measured 58.3%minimal reasoning 25.0%no reasoning
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 6 · 160 of 244 measured 52.4max reasoning 11.3
Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 9 · 157 of 243 measured 50.1%max reasoning 9.9%
Terminal-Bench 4.0% of tasks, higher is better 7 · 67 of 113 measured 52.0%max reasoning 0.0%
Show all 12 results (6 more)
MeasureMuse WonderMistral Small 4
BulletBench measured by Spring Prompt · 2 results
Invalid moves · Bullet 60s% of moves, lower is better 1 · 28 of 30 measured 0.0%minimal reasoning 0.6%no reasoning
Median move time · Bullet 60smilliseconds, lower is better 25 · 8 of 30 measured 1.9 sminimal reasoning 0.6 sno reasoning
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 4 results
Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better 33 · 158 of 234 measured 80.7%max reasoning 49.7%
Output speedtokens per second, higher is better 31 · 15 of 73 measured 117max reasoning 182
SciCode% of problems, higher is better 7 · 84 of 114 measured 60.3%max reasoning 38.8%
Time to first answer tokenseconds, lower is better 70 · 13 of 73 measured 48.5max reasoning 0.66no reasoning

Quick answers

Is Muse Wonder better than Mistral Small 4?

Pick Muse Wonder if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 52.4 against 11.3). Pick Mistral Small 4 if cost matters more: it costs 17 times less per game of bullet chess on BulletBench. Mistral Small 4 is also faster.

Which is cheaper, Muse Wonder or Mistral Small 4?

Mistral Small 4 is cheaper to run: $0.004 against $0.066 per game of bullet chess on BulletBench (17 times less).

Which is faster, Muse Wonder or Mistral Small 4?

Mistral Small 4 writes about 182 tokens a second on its usual API, against 117 for Muse Wonder (Artificial Analysis).

Which is better for agents and tool use, Muse Wonder or Mistral Small 4?

Muse Wonder ranks 8 of 166 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 135 for Mistral Small 4.

Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, Muse Wonder or Mistral Small 4?

Muse Wonder ranks 7 of 200 models on sale for hard questions across science, maths and general knowledge, against 133 for Mistral Small 4.

Which is better for speed under pressure, Muse Wonder or Mistral Small 4?

Mistral Small 4 ranks 11 of 25 models on sale for good decisions against a real clock (fast chess), against 12 for Muse Wonder.

Which has the bigger context window, Muse Wonder or Mistral Small 4?

Muse Wonder: 1,048,576 tokens, against 262,144 for Mistral Small 4.

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