Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Mistral Small 4
Gemini's speed tier against Mistral's efficient Small.
What the numbers say
- Mistral Small 4 is about 15x cheaper on output tokens (6.6 vs 99.0 credits per 1M).
- Gemini 3.5 Flash takes noticeably more context: 1.0M vs 262K tokens.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash is the newer release (May 2026 vs March 2026).
Derived from the live registry Zeplik routes and bills against. Credits: 1 credit = $0.10, raw provider rate with a 1.10x margin.
Side by side
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Gemini 3.5 Flash is Google's high-efficiency multimodal model, bringing near-Pro level coding and reasoning at Flash-tier cost and speed. It is highly optimized for coding proficiency and parallel agentic execution...
- Provider
- Context window
- 1.0M tokens
- Input price
- 16.5 credits / 1M tokens ($1.50 raw)
- Output price
- 99.0 credits / 1M tokens ($9.00 raw)
- Vision (image input)
- Yes
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Extended reasoning
- No
Best for
- High-volume everyday tasks where speed and cost matter: summaries, drafts, quick questions
- Very long documents and codebases: a 1.0M-token window fits entire books or repositories in one conversation
- Working with images: screenshots, charts, photos and scanned documents alongside text
- Tool use and agents: reliably calls functions, so it can search, run skills and drive workflows
Mistral Small 4
Mistral
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...
- Provider
- Mistral
- Context window
- 262K tokens
- Input price
- 1.7 credits / 1M tokens ($0.15 raw)
- Output price
- 6.6 credits / 1M tokens ($0.60 raw)
- Vision (image input)
- Yes
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Extended reasoning
- No
Best for
- High-volume everyday tasks where speed and cost matter: summaries, drafts, quick questions
- Long documents: the 262K-token window holds lengthy reports, contracts or papers whole
- Working with images: screenshots, charts, photos and scanned documents alongside text
- Tool use and agents: reliably calls functions, so it can search, run skills and drive workflows
Try both on Zeplik
The honest answer to most model debates is to run your own prompt on both. Zeplik puts Gemini 3.5 Flash and Mistral Small 4 in the same chat, so you can switch mid-conversation and compare answers on the work you actually do.