Model comparison
Mistral Small 4 vs Cohere Command A
Compare Mistral Small 4 vs Cohere Command A API pricing: input/output token costs, cache pricing, context windows, workload estimates, and routing fit.
Mistral Small 4
mistral · mistral/mistral-small-2603
- Input
- $0.15
- Output
- $0.6
- Context
- 256K
Cohere Command A
cohere_chat · command-a-03-2025
- Input
- $2.5
- Output
- $10
- Context
- 256K
Quick take
Mistral Small 4 has the lower input price at $0.15 per 1M input tokens. Mistral Small 4 is cheaper for the example blended workload below. Mistral Small 4 has the larger context window at 256K tokens.
Choose Mistral Small 4 if...
- Mistral Small 4 is the better default for cost-sensitive traffic and repeated high-volume calls.
- Mistral Small 4 is stronger when the same large prompt or document is reused because it supports prompt caching.
- Mistral Small 4 is required if images, screenshots, or visual documents are part of the workflow.
Choose Cohere Command A if...
- Cohere Command A gives more room for long generated answers, reports, or code output.
Example workload cost
Estimates use input tokens plus 20% output tokens. They exclude provider discounts, cache hits, and tool/search surcharges.
| Workload | Mistral Small 4 | Cohere Command A | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M input + 200K output | $0.27 | $4.50 | Mistral Small 4 |
| 10M input + 2M output | $2.70 | $45.00 | Mistral Small 4 |
| 100M input + 20M output | $27.00 | $450.00 | Mistral Small 4 |
Context, output, and capability fit
Mistral Small 4 provides the larger context window. Check max output separately when the task needs long reports, code generation, or full-document rewrites.
- Mistral Small 4 max output
- n/a
- Cohere Command A max output
- 8K
- Mistral Small 4 features
- prompt caching, function calling, vision
- Cohere Command A features
- function calling
Risk notes for Mistral Small 4
- No major capability risk is flagged in this snapshot, but provider pages should still be verified before production routing.
Risk notes for Cohere Command A
- No prompt caching in this snapshot: repeated long-context calls may be more expensive.
Routing tags
budgetcodingreasoningagentsopen-weightenterprisemultimodalraglocal-openenterprise-raglong-context