Mistral Small 4 vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Compare Mistral Small 4 from Mistral AI and Qwen3.6 Plus from Qwen on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the OpenRouter API.

Mistral Small 4 vs Qwen3.6 Plus: side-by-side summary

Mistral Small 4 and Qwen3.6 Plus are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

Mistral Small 4, from Mistral AI, has a 262,144-token context window and is priced at $0.15/M tokens input, $0.60/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Qwen3.6 Plus, from Qwen, has a 1,000,000-token context window and is priced at $0.325/M tokens input, $1.95/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

Mistral Small 4: 262,144 tokens
Qwen3.6 Plus: 1,000,000 tokens

Price

Mistral Small 4: $0.15/M tokens input, $0.60/M tokens output
Qwen3.6 Plus: $0.325/M tokens input, $1.95/M tokens output

Provided by

Mistral Small 4: Mistral AI
Qwen3.6 Plus: Qwen

Mistral Small 4 vs Qwen3.6 Plus at a glance

Mistral Small 4 vs Qwen3.6 Plus comparison
Attribute	Mistral Small 4	Qwen3.6 Plus
Input price	$0.15/M tokens	$0.325/M tokens
Output price	$0.60/M tokens	$1.95/M tokens
Context window	262,144 tokens	1,000,000 tokens
Intelligence Index	9.0	27.0
Coding Index	Not available	54.5
Agentic Index	Not available	Not available
Latency (p50)	0.38 s	1.04 s
Throughput (p50)	147.0 tok/s	41.0 tok/s

Benchmark data updated Oct 5, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Which has the longer context window, Mistral Small 4 or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus has the longer context window at 1,000,000 tokens, compared with 262,144 tokens for Mistral Small 4.

Which is faster, Mistral Small 4 or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Mistral Small 4 is faster on OpenRouter, generating a median 147.0 tokens per second compared with 41.0 tokens per second for Qwen3.6 Plus.

Mistral Small 4 vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Mistral Small 4 vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Overview