Model Comparison

ERNIE 4.5 vs Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is 14.9x cheaper per token.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

3 benchmarks

ERNIE 4.5 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is better at 2 benchmarks (MATH, MMLU-Pro).

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct costs less

For input processing, ERNIE 4.5 ($0.40/1M tokens) is 5.7x more expensive than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct ($0.07/1M tokens).

For output processing, ERNIE 4.5 ($4.00/1M tokens) is 28.6x more expensive than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct ($0.14/1M tokens).

In conclusion, ERNIE 4.5 is more expensive than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers
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Baidu
ERNIE 4.5
Input tokens$0.40
Output tokens$4.00
Best providerNovita
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Input tokens$0.07
Output tokens$0.14
Best providerDeepinfra
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

3.0B diff

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct has 3.0B more parameters than ERNIE 4.5, making it 14.3% larger.

Baidu
ERNIE 4.5
21.0Bparameters
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
24.0Bparameters
21.0B
ERNIE 4.5
24.0B
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

ERNIE 4.5 accepts 128,000 input tokens compared to Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct's 32,000 tokens. ERNIE 4.5 can generate longer responses up to 65,536 tokens, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is limited to 32,000 tokens.

Baidu
ERNIE 4.5
Input128,000 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Input32,000 tokens
Output32,000 tokens
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License

Usage and distribution terms

ERNIE 4.5 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

ERNIE 4.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

ERNIE 4.5 was released on 2025-06-25, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct was released on 2025-01-30.

ERNIE 4.5 is 5 months newer than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct.

ERNIE 4.5

Jun 25, 2025

9 months ago

4mo newer
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Jan 30, 2025

1.2 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-10-01, while ERNIE 4.5's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-10-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without ERNIE 4.5's cutoff date.

ERNIE 4.5

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Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Oct 2023

Provider Availability

ERNIE 4.5 is available from Novita. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is available from DeepInfra, Mistral AI.

ERNIE 4.5

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Novita
Input Price:Input: $0.40/1MOutput Price:Output: $4.00/1M

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

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Deepinfra
Input Price:Input: $0.07/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.14/1M
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Mistral
Input Price:Input: $0.10/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.30/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Baidu
Larger context window (128,000 tokens)
Higher GPQA score (74.0% vs 45.3%)
Mistral AI
Less expensive input tokens
Less expensive output tokens
Has open weights
Higher MATH score (70.6% vs 12.4%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (66.3% vs 16.0%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Baidu
ERNIE 4.5
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about ERNIE 4.5 vs Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks. ERNIE 4.5 is made by Baidu and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
ERNIE 4.5 scores GPQA: 74.0%, ARC-E: 60.7%, PIQA: 55.2%, Winogrande: 51.3%, CLUEWSC: 48.6%. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct scores Arena Hard: 87.6%, HumanEval: 84.8%, MT-Bench: 83.5%, IFEval: 82.9%, MATH: 70.6%.
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is 5.7x cheaper for input tokens. ERNIE 4.5 costs $0.40/M input and $4.00/M output via novita. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct costs $0.07/M input and $0.14/M output via deepinfra.
ERNIE 4.5 supports 128K tokens and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct supports 32K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include context window (128K vs 32K), input pricing ($0.40 vs $0.07/M), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
ERNIE 4.5 is developed by Baidu and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI.