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Hy4 preview vs Mistral Small

Comparing Hy4 preview and Mistral Small across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Tencent · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Hy4 preview and Mistral Small trade strengths across price, capabilities, and technical limits. The better choice depends on the workload.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Hy4 preview

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026

Choose Mistral Small

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.20/M input and $0.60/M output

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Hy4 preview
Tencent
Mistral Small
Mistral AI
Benchmark wins
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Input price
— / M
$0.20 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.60 / M
Context window
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32,768

Individual benchmarks

32 reported for Hy4 preview · 0 for Mistral Small

No common benchmarks found

Hy4 preview and Mistral Smalldon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

748.0B diff

Hy4 preview has 748.0B more parameters than Mistral Small, making it 3400.0% larger.

Tencent
Hy4 preview
770.0Bparameters
Mistral AI
Mistral Small
22.0Bparameters
770.0B
Hy4 preview
22.0B
Mistral Small

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Mistral Small specifies input context (32,768 tokens). Only Mistral Small specifies output context (32,768 tokens).

Tencent
Hy4 preview
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral Small
Input32,768 tokens
Output32,768 tokens
Mon Aug 31 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Hy4 preview is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Mistral Small uses Mistral Research License.

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

Hy4 preview

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Mistral Small

Mistral Research License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Hy4 preview was released on 2026-08-28, while Mistral Small was released on 2024-09-17.

Hy4 preview is 24 months newer than Mistral Small.

Hy4 preview

Aug 28, 2026

3 days ago

1.9yr newer
Mistral Small

Sep 17, 2024

2.0 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Hy4 preview and Mistral Small side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Hy4 preview
✓ Preferred
Mistral Small
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FAQ

Common questions about Hy4 preview vs Mistral Small.

Which is better, Hy4 preview or Mistral Small?

Hy4 preview (Tencent) and Mistral Small (Mistral AI) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.

How does Hy4 preview compare to Mistral Small in benchmarks?

Hy4 preview scores GPQA: 92.3%, Terminal-Bench 2.1: 85.4%, WideSearch: 83.9%, MCP Atlas: 83.7%, SWE-bench Multilingual: 82.9%.

What are the context window sizes for Hy4 preview and Mistral Small?

Hy4 preview supports an unknown number of tokens and Mistral Small supports 33K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Hy4 preview and Mistral Small?

Key differences include licensing (Apache 2.0 vs Mistral Research License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Hy4 preview and Mistral Small?

Hy4 preview is developed by Tencent and Mistral Small is developed by Mistral AI.

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