ERNIE 4.5 vs Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct Comparison
Comparing ERNIE 4.5 and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
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.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
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
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct has 3.0B more parameters than ERNIE 4.5, making it 14.3% larger.
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.
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.
Proprietary
Closed source
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.
Jun 25, 2025
8 months ago
4mo newerJan 30, 2025
1.1 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.
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Oct 2023
Provider Availability
ERNIE 4.5 is available from Novita. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is available from DeepInfra, Mistral AI. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.
ERNIE 4.5
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Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
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Detailed Comparison
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