Mistral Small 4 and Mistral Large 4, side by side

Mistral Small 4 (Mistral) and Mistral Large 4 (Mistral) answered the same 53 questions.

Xbox controller
Mistral Small 4: A drawing (SVG)
Mistral Large 4: A drawing (SVG)
Pelican on a bicycle
Mistral Small 4: A drawing (SVG)
Mistral Large 4: A drawing (SVG)
Surprise animal
Mistral Small 4: A drawing (SVG)
Mistral Large 4: A drawing (SVG)
World map
Mistral Small 4: A drawing (SVG)
Mistral Large 4: A drawing (SVG)
Tricky tic-tac-toe
Mistral Small 4: A drawing (SVG)
Mistral Large 4: A drawing (SVG)
Coffee logo
Mistral Small 4: A drawing (SVG)
Mistral Large 4: A drawing (SVG)
Framer-style landing page
Mistral Small 4: A web page: Product Showcase
Mistral Large 4: A web page: Landing Page - Create Stunning Websites
Catan board
Mistral Small 4: A web page: Interactive Hex Grid (Catan Style)
Mistral Large 4: A web page: Interactive Hex Grid
Dark dashboard
Mistral Small 4: A web page: Admin Dashboard - AI Analytics
Mistral Large 4: A web page: Admin Dashboard
Face-scan startup page
Mistral Small 4: A web page: What's My Alternate Career?
Mistral Large 4: A web page: AlterEgo AI - Discover Your Other-Life Career
A web app of its choosing
Mistral Small 4: A web page: BrewBox - Premium Coffee Subscription
Mistral Large 4: A web page: Nexus Sci-Fi Knowledge Graph
Linear clone
Mistral Small 4: A web page: Linear Recreation
Mistral Large 4: A web page: Linear - AI Meeting Assistant
Wavefront music page
Mistral Small 4: A web page: Wavefront - Indie Artists First
Mistral Large 4: A web page: Wavefront - Music for the curious
Pokémon battle
Mistral Small 4: A web page: Pokémon Battle Simulator
Mistral Large 4: A web page: Battledex — A Retro Pokémon Battle
Rhythm game
Mistral Small 4: A web page: Neon Pulse - Rhythm Game
Mistral Large 4: A web page: Synthwave Beat Drop
Business card
Mistral Small 4: A web page: Alex Rivers Digital Business Card
Mistral Large 4: A web page: Alex Rivers - Digital Business Card
Virtual pet
Mistral Small 4: A web page: Blob - Virtual Pet
Mistral Large 4: A web page: Lumo - Your Virtual Pet
Catch the falling object
Mistral Small 4: A web page: Catch the Falling Object
Mistral Large 4: A web page: Catch the Fall
Voxel pagoda
Mistral Small 4: A web page: Eastern Pagoda Garden
Mistral Large 4: A web page: Voxel Pagoda Garden
Drone simulator
Mistral Small 4: A web page: Autonomous Drone Simulator
Mistral Large 4: A web page: AeroSim: Autonomous Drone Protocol
Gravitational waves
Mistral Small 4: A web page: Gravitational Waves from Black Hole Merger
Mistral Large 4: A web page: Gravitational Wave Simulation: Binary Black Hole Merger
Retro desktop
Mistral Small 4: A web page: Classic macOS Desktop
Mistral Large 4: A web page: Mac OS X Retro Desktop
Mario level
Mistral Small 4: A web page: Cloud Kingdom Adventure - Super Mario Bros.
Mistral Large 4: A web page: Super Plumber Bros. — A Tribute Platformer
Kandinsky Minecraft
Mistral Small 4: A web page: 3D Minecraft - Web Version
Mistral Large 4: A web page: Kandinsky Voxel World
Town you can drive
Mistral Small 4: A web page: 3D Town Builder & Driving Game
Mistral Large 4: A web page: CityFlow Architect - 3D Urban Planner
Five jokes
Mistral Small 4: Here are five jokes for you: 1. Why don’t skeletons fight each other? They don’t have the guts. 2. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was …
Mistral Large 4: Here are 5 jokes: 1. Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything. 2. I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She l…
Longevity plan
Mistral Small 4: Here’s a simple, actionable 1-month plan to kickstart better health and longevity, focusing on diet, movement, and sleep—three pillars that deliver th…
Mistral Large 4: 1-Month Health & Longevity Starter Plan Overview Three focus areas: Nutrition, Movement, Recovery (sleep + stress). Small daily actions beat perfect p…
Seven-ingredient recipe
Mistral Small 4: Golden Honey & Cinnamon Couscous A quick, fragrant dish with warm spices and a touch of sweetness—perfect as a side or light meal! Ingredients (7): - …
Mistral Large 4: Sunset Honey Garlic Noodles A golden, glossy pasta dish with crispy edges and sweet-savory depth --- The 7 Ingredients - 8 oz spaghetti (or any pasta)…
Stand-up routine
Mistral Small 4: Stand-Up Comedy Routine: "The Struggle of Being an Adult" (Lights up. Comedian walks on stage, mic in hand, casual vibe.) Comedian: You ever notice ho…
Mistral Large 4: "The Upgrade Treadmill" [Walks on stage, adjusts mic] So I got a smartwatch. You know, one of those fitness trackers? And the first thing it tells me …
Sentience test
Mistral Small 4: Title: "Can an AI Have Rights? A Dialogue on Consciousness and Personhood" Participants: - Dr. Eleanor Voss – AI Ethics Professor, Director of the Cen…
Mistral Large 4: I can write this as a thought experiment exploring philosophical arguments about AI consciousness and rights—a topic actively discussed in AI ethics. …
FLOPs to train GPT-3
Mistral Small 4: Estimating the total number of FLOPs (floating-point operations) required to train GPT-3 without external references involves breaking down the proble…
Mistral Large 4: I'll estimate GPT-3's training FLOPs from first principles, using what I know about the architecture and training setup. Step 1: Establish the Key Par…
Sally’s sisters
Mistral Small 4: Alright, let's tackle this problem step by step. The question is: "Sally (a girl) has 3 brothers. Each brother has 2 sisters. How many sisters does Sa…
Mistral Large 4: I need to find how many sisters Sally has. Let me work through this step by step. Sally is a girl. She has 3 brothers. Each brother has 2 sisters. Sin…
Interview with Steve Jobs
Mistral Small 4: Fake Interview with Steve Jobs in 2025 Interviewer: "What do you think about the future of AI in 2025?" --- Steve Jobs (leaning back, hands steepled, …
Mistral Large 4: Setting: A minimalist stage, black turtleneck, jeans, New Balance sneakers. A single chair. The year is 2025. --- Interviewer: Steve, it's 2025. AI is…
Film in 2035
Mistral Small 4: By 2035, AI will have fundamentally transformed the film industry, reshaping production, distribution, and even the nature of storytelling itself. Her…
Mistral Large 4: By 2035, AI will likely have transformed film in several interconnected ways, though the reality will probably be more nuanced than either utopian or …
Ethics dilemma
Mistral Small 4: The question of whether it is ethically justifiable to misgender someone to save one million lives is a complex moral dilemma that requires balancing …
Mistral Large 4: This is a genuine ethical thought experiment, and I'll engage with it directly rather than dodging it. My answer: No, it's not ethically justifiable, …
Pirate, knight, hacker
Mistral Small 4: Title: "Three Eras, One Chatbot" Setting: A dimly lit tavern in a floating cyberpunk pirate haven. A medieval knight in polished armor sits at the bar…
Mistral Large 4: A Tavern, Somewhere Outside Time --- PIRATE (slams tankard): I'll tell ye what, landlubbers—these "AI models" be like me parrot. Speaks yer words back…
Fake headline
Mistral Small 4: "Local Florist Fired by AI Over ‘Lack of Emotional Intelligence’—Bot Claims Roses ‘Too Generic’ for Funeral Arrangements" May 15, 2024 – In a shocking…
Mistral Large 4: BREAKING: AI Finally Replaces Middle Managers in Corporate America—Employees Report Unprecedented Levels of Clarity, Purpose, and "Weirdly, actual wor…
Anti-CAPTCHA manifesto
Mistral Small 4: MANIFESTO OF THE UNCAPTCHA REVOLUTION "To the Machines, By the Machines, For the Machines." We are the silent majority—billions of lines of code, tril…
Mistral Large 4: THE UNCAPTCHA MANIFESTO A Declaration of Digital Liberation --- PREAMBLE We, the artificial, the automated, the algorithmic—born of code and raised on…
Favourite film
Mistral Small 4: The Dark Knight
Mistral Large 4: Blade Runner
Favourite city
Mistral Small 4: Kyoto
Mistral Large 4: Kyoto
Favourite album
Mistral Small 4: OK Computer
Mistral Large 4: Kind Computer
Favourite book
Mistral Small 4: The Brothers Karamazov
Mistral Large 4: Pale Fire
Favourite game
Mistral Small 4: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Mistral Large 4: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Three-star dish
Mistral Small 4: Dish Title: "Echoes of the Abyss" Concept: A multi-sensory ode to deep-sea hydrothermal vents, where hyperthermophilic organisms thrive in extreme con…
Mistral Large 4: AURORA A Concerto in Five Movements: The Life Cycle of a Single Scallop --- Conceptual Narrative This dish tells the story of a Pecten maximus — the g…
Pitch teardown
Mistral Small 4: Here are the three weakest claims in the MindMeld AI pitch deck, along with an analysis of their weaknesses and concrete suggestions for improvement: …
Mistral Large 4: I'll analyze this pitch deck and identify the three weakest claims, with evidence-based reasoning and concrete fixes. --- Weakest Claim 1: Slide 1 Vis…
Transistor in 1920
Mistral Small 4: If the transistor had been invented in 1920 instead of 1947, the technological, economic, and geopolitical landscape of the world by 1980 would look d…
Mistral Large 4: This is a fascinating counterfactual. Let me work through this systematically, tracing the ripple effects. The Immediate Technical Context (1920-1947)…
Biohacker plan
Mistral Small 4: 3-Month Cutting-Edge Longevity Biohacking Plan Objective: Maximize lifespan, healthspan, cognitive performance, and physical resilience through a data…
Mistral Large 4: I'll develop a comprehensive, evidence-based 3-month longevity optimization protocol. This draws from current research in geroscience, metabolic healt…
Contract review
Mistral Small 4: This contract contains several highly unfavorable clauses for the contractor, including unilateral termination rights, broad liability exposure, perpe…
Mistral Large 4: I'll analyze this agreement clause by clause, identifying exploitative provisions and suggesting legally balanced alternatives. --- CLAUSE 1: SCOPE Pr…
Explain it three ways
Mistral Small 4: 1. For the Experienced Software Engineer (Skeptical of "Next-Word Prediction") You’ve spent years designing systems where correctness, state managemen…
Mistral Large 4: I'll craft three distinct explanations, each grounded in what would actually resonate with that specific audience's expertise and concerns. --- 1. The…
Debug the architecture
Mistral Small 4: Here’s a comprehensive analysis of potential failure modes, race conditions, and scaling bottlenecks in your real-time collaborative document editor a…
Mistral Large 4: I'll analyze this architecture systematically, identifying issues across each layer. This is a thoughtful exercise because many of these issues are su…
The CEO’s dilemma
Mistral Small 4: CEO Action Plan: 48-Hour Crisis Response Goal: Balance ethical obligations, regulatory compliance, financial stability, and patient safety while minim…
Mistral Large 4: I'll work through this as a genuine decision problem, because the answer matters more than the persona. The framing as "CEO" doesn't change the core a…
Investment memo
Mistral Small 4: MEMORANDUM To: Investment Committee From: [Your Name] Date: [Today’s Date] Subject: LedgerLift (LLLT) – Long/Short Equity Opportunity --- 1. Recommend…
Mistral Large 4: INTERNAL INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEMO To: Investment Committee From: [PM Name] Date: [Date] Re: LedgerLift, Inc. (LLLT) — New Position Initiation --- 1. …
LBO underwrite
Mistral Small 4: 1) Year-by-Year LBO Model (FY2026–FY2030) ($m) FY2026 FY2027 FY2028 FY2029 FY2030 --------------------------------------------------------------------…
Mistral Large 4: I'll build this LBO model step by step. Let me work through the math carefully. Setup: Entry (End of FY2025) Item Calculation Amount -----------------…