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GPT-6.1 Terravs.Mistral Large 4

Which one is better?

GPT-6.1 Terra is clearly ahead in the overall index. GPT-6.1 Terra is cheaper for input, Mistral Large 4 for output.

IntelligenceOverall index, 0 to 100 · higher is better
67

GPT-6.1 Terra

Rank 12 to 27

28

Mistral Large 4

Rank 34 to 43

SpeedTokens per second · higher is better
91

GPT-6.1 Terra

fairly slow

113

Mistral Large 4

fairly fast

PriceDollars per 1M tokens · lower is better
$2

GPT-6.1 Terra

fairly expensive

$2.07

Mistral Large 4

fairly expensive

GPT-6.1 Terra

Subscription

Subscriptions in Germany: n/a

Via API

$1 input, $5 output per 1M tokens.

Mistral Large 4

Subscription

No Mistral AI subscription includes this model. Through other providers from ≈ €1.06 a month (Command Code Go, with limited credits). 12 plans in Germany.

Via API

$1.36 input, $4.18 output per 1M tokens.

Overall index with data through Oct 29, 2026 · Prices from Oct 29, 2026 · Speed: measured by Artificial Analysis · Subscriptions as of Oct 24, 2026 · Subscription prices incl. VAT

Where is the difference?

Values from 0 to 100 per task area. We only name a winner when the gap is large enough and there are enough tests.

GPT-6.1 Terra ahead: 5Mistral Large 4 ahead: 0level: 2too little data: 3of 10 areas

GPT-6.1 TerraMistral Large 40 to 100, higher is better
Areas in the overall index
CodingGPT-6.1 Terra aheadGPT-6.1 Terra: 84Mistral Large 4: 38
ReasoningGPT-6.1 Terra aheadGPT-6.1 Terra: 88Mistral Large 4: 26
Mathematicsonly Mistral Large 4 has a scoreGPT-6.1 Terra: not enough dataMistral Large 4: 10
KnowledgeGPT-6.1 Terra aheadGPT-6.1 Terra: 80Mistral Large 4: 11
AgentsGPT-6.1 Terra aheadGPT-6.1 Terra: 57Mistral Large 4: 48
Generalonly Mistral Large 4 has a scoreGPT-6.1 Terra: not enough dataMistral Large 4: 28
MultimodalGPT-6.1 Terra aheadGPT-6.1 Terra: 70Mistral Large 4: 23
Specialist fields
FinancelevelGPT-6.1 Terra: 45Mistral Large 4: 54
LegallevelGPT-6.1 Terra: 8Mistral Large 4: 49
Healthonly Mistral Large 4 has a scoreGPT-6.1 Terra: not enough dataMistral Large 4: 18

See for yourself: same task, one attempt

The same prompt for both models. We show the latest attempt without fixes; it does not count toward the overall index.

This is the lowest documented setting for each provider. It does not make compute comparable across models.

Pelican on a bicycle

A community classic for free-form SVG drawing.

GPT-6.1 Terra

Not tested yet

Mistral Large 4

Mistral Large 4: Pelican on a bicycle
A community classic for free-form SVG drawing.

Reasoning (requested): none

Current attempt
Run date
Oct 11, 2026
API provider
Mistral
Requested API model
mistralai/mistral-large-4-0
API model reported in response
mistralai/mistral-large-4-0
Reasoning setting
none
Pinned endpoint
Mistral | mistralai/mistral-large-4-0-20261006
Temperature
Provider default
Token limit including reasoning
8,192 tokens
Reasoning tokens
0
Test protocol
community-visual-low-v1
Technical checks
Passed, not a quality rating
Response time
28.7 s

Visually reviewed. This individual test does not establish overall model quality.

Prompt and test conditions

Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle

Token limit including reasoning: 8,192 tokens

Task origin (Simon Willison)
SVG short test

There is no shared test round for this selection. Results from different rounds are not mixed.

All data side by side

The better value is bold. For the overall index only when the gap is clear.

MetricGPT-6.1 TerraMistral Large 4
Intelligence
Overall index0 to 100, higher is better6728
RankRank 12 to 27 of 95Rank 34 to 43 of 95
Price per 1M tokens
Inputwhat you send$1above 272,000 tokens: $2$1.36
Outputwhat the model writes$5above 272,000 tokens: $7.50$4.18
Speed
Tokens per second91113
Technical
Context windowhow much text the model reads at once1.05 M tokens≈ 1,580 A4 pages524,288 tokens≈ 790 A4 pages
Knowledge cutoffJun 1, 2026n/a
ReleasedOct 26, 2026Oct 6, 2026
AvailabilityActivePreview
Open weightsnon/a
  • GPT-6.1 Terra, 12-hour cache write: The table's cache-write rate covers 30-minute retention. With 12-hour retention it is $2.50 per 1M tokens through 272,000 input tokens, $5 above. Source
  • GPT-6.1 Terra, Long-context billing: Above 272,000 input tokens, the higher rates apply to the entire request. Input and cache rates double, while output costs 1.5 times the standard rate. Source
  • GPT-6.1 Terra, Batch and Flex pricing: 50% off standard pricing Source
  • GPT-6.1 Terra, Fast pricing: Fast mode costs twice the standard price Source
  • GPT-6.1 Terra, Regional processing: 10% surcharge over standard processing Source
  • Mistral Large 4, Launch pricing announced October 6, 2026: Mistral announced a 50% discount for two weeks. The published introductory rates are $0.68 input, $2.09 output and $0.07 cache read per 1M tokens. Price comparisons use the standard rates. Source

Prices without caching or batch discounts · Page count as a rule of thumb from Artificial Analysis

Shared benchmarks

Single results from the same benchmark version, task and metric. A value is bold only with the same test setup and a clear gap.

A: GPT-6.1 TerraB: Mistral Large 4

EMB v1.1Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 73.3%Mistral Large 4: 69%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Finance Agent v2.1Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 56%Mistral Large 4: 61.4%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
HLAB-Vals-1.1Overall · Task fully resolved · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 1.7%Mistral Large 4: 17.5%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchOverall · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 26%Mistral Large 4: 31.7%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 15.2%Mistral Large 4: 30.4%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Terminal-Bench 4.0Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 49.5%Mistral Large 4: 27.8%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vals Finance IndexOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 52.9%Mistral Large 4: 56.9%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vals Legal IndexOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 58.6%Mistral Large 4: 65.6%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vibe Code Bench v1.1Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 84%Mistral Large 4: 78.4%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
EMB v1.1Comps · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 75.6%Mistral Large 4: 70.5%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
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Finance Agent v2.1Adjustments · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 50.6%Mistral Large 4: 59.6%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
HLAB-Vals-1.1Antitrust Competition · Criteria passed · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 83%Mistral Large 4: 93.3%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchAdministrative / Regulatory · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 45.5%Mistral Large 4: 34.8%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchControversy & Precedence Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 5.9%Mistral Large 4: 3.3%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Terminal-Bench 4.0Hardware · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 26.7%Mistral Large 4: 13.3%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vals Finance IndexEMB v1.1 · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 73.3%Mistral Large 4: 69%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vals Legal IndexBusiness & Commercial · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 51.6%Mistral Large 4: 59.2%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
EMB v1.1Dataroom · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 86.3%Mistral Large 4: 83.1%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Finance Agent v2.1All-Pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 42.6%Mistral Large 4: 47.8%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
HLAB-Vals-1.1Antitrust Competition · Task fully resolved · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 0%Mistral Large 4: 0%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchAdministrative / Regulatory · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 84.8%Mistral Large 4: 88.5%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchControversy & Precedence Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 42.5%Mistral Large 4: 50%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Terminal-Bench 4.0Media · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 58.3%Mistral Large 4: 41.7%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vals Finance IndexFinance Agent v2.1 · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 56%Mistral Large 4: 61.4%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vals Legal IndexCivil Negligence · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 50.5%Mistral Large 4: 64%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
EMB v1.1DCF · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 64.3%Mistral Large 4: 60.9%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Finance Agent v2.1Comparables · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 50.4%Mistral Large 4: 57.7%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
HLAB-Vals-1.1Arbitration International Dispute Resolution · Criteria passed · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 88.4%Mistral Large 4: 95.3%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchBusiness & Commercial · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 16.3%Mistral Large 4: 25.6%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchCurrent & Temporal Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 22.1%Mistral Large 4: 46.6%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Terminal-Bench 4.0ML · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 42.4%Mistral Large 4: 33.3%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vals Finance IndexTax Agent Bench · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 15.2%Mistral Large 4: 30.4%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vals Legal IndexCriminal · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 51.3%Mistral Large 4: 62%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
EMB v1.1LBO · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 64.1%Mistral Large 4: 60.6%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Finance Agent v2.1Disclosure Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 64.2%Mistral Large 4: 73.5%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
HLAB-Vals-1.1Arbitration International Dispute Resolution · Task fully resolved · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 0%Mistral Large 4: 10%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchBusiness & Commercial · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 75.9%Mistral Large 4: 86%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchCurrent & Temporal Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 53.1%Mistral Large 4: 64.2%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Terminal-Bench 4.0Operations · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 40.7%Mistral Large 4: 14.8%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vals Legal IndexFamily · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 4.5%Mistral Large 4: 9.1%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
EMB v1.1M&A · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 80.7%Mistral Large 4: 74.1%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Finance Agent v2.1Earnings Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 83%Mistral Large 4: 80.5%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
HLAB-Vals-1.1Banking Finance · Criteria passed · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 90.1%Mistral Large 4: 74.8%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchCivil Litigation · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 14.8%Mistral Large 4: 33.3%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchFact-Pattern Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 16.1%Mistral Large 4: 31.8%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Terminal-Bench 4.0Science · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 54.8%Mistral Large 4: 16.7%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vals Legal IndexHLAB Criteria Pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 87.2%Mistral Large 4: 93%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
EMB v1.1Misc · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 67.5%Mistral Large 4: 64.8%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Finance Agent v2.1Financial Modeling · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 35.1%Mistral Large 4: 24.5%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
HLAB-Vals-1.1Banking Finance · Task fully resolved · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 0%Mistral Large 4: 10%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchCivil Litigation · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 80.6%Mistral Large 4: 85.8%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchFact-Pattern Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 47.2%Mistral Large 4: 57.2%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Terminal-Bench 4.0Security · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 80%Mistral Large 4: 46.7%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vals Legal IndexLabor & Employment · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 82.4%Mistral Large 4: 89.1%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
EMB v1.1Operating · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 74.8%Mistral Large 4: 68.8%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Finance Agent v2.1General Qualitative Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 63.8%Mistral Large 4: 71.7%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
HLAB-Vals-1.1Bankruptcy Restructuring · Criteria passed · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 83.4%Mistral Large 4: 93.4%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Legal Research BenchConstitutional / Civil Rights · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 23.7%Mistral Large 4: 34.2%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Tax Agent BenchForms & Filings · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 12.6%Mistral Large 4: 26.7%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Terminal-Bench 4.0Software · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 50%Mistral Large 4: 35.2%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Vals Legal IndexLegal Research · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 26%Mistral Large 4: 31.7%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
EMB v1.1Scratch · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 70.3%Mistral Large 4: 65.1%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
Finance Agent v2.1General Quantitative Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 74.4%Mistral Large 4: 79.5%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026
HLAB-Vals-1.1Bankruptcy Restructuring · Task fully resolved · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGPT-6.1 Terra: 0%Mistral Large 4: 30%Vals AIAs of 10/26/2026

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