Mistral Small 4 is the next major release in the Mistral Small family, unifying the capabilities of several flagship Mistral models into a single system. It combines strong reasoning from Magistral, multimodal understanding from Pixtral, an…
Model details →Mistral: Mistral Small 4 vs Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking
Mistral: Mistral Small 4 wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Thinking is a multimodal model that unifies strong text generation with visual understanding for images and videos. Its Thinking variant enhances reasoning in STEM, math, and complex tasks. It excels in perception of real-w…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Mistral: Mistral Small 4 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 262K | 131K | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Small 4 |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.15 | $0.13 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.60 | $1.56 | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Small 4 |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral: Mistral Small 4 better than Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking?
Mistral: Mistral Small 4 wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Mistral: Mistral Small 4 and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking?
Input: $0.15 vs $0.13 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.60 vs $1.56 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Mistral: Mistral Small 4 and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking support?
Mistral: Mistral Small 4 supports up to 262K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking supports up to 131K tokens.
Do both Mistral: Mistral Small 4 and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking support tool calling?
Mistral: Mistral Small 4: yes. Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking: yes.