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Mistral Magistral Small 2509 vs Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B

Mistral Magistral Small 2509 (2025) and Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B (2026) are general-purpose language models from MistralAI and Microsoft Research. Mistral Magistral Small 2509 ships a not-yet-sourced context window, while Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B ships a not-yet-sourced context window. This comparison covers specs, pricing, API access, capabilities, benchmarks, input and output token costs, and production fit for coding and agent workloads.

Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B is safer overall; choose Mistral Magistral Small 2509 when provider fit matters.

Decision scorecard

Local evidence first
SignalMistral Magistral Small 2509Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B
Best forprovider-routed productionmultimodal apps
Decision fitGeneralVision
Context window
Cheapest output$1.50/1M tokens-
Provider routes2 tracked0 tracked
Shared benchmarks0 shared0 shared

Decision tradeoffs

Choose Mistral Magistral Small 2509 when...
  • Mistral Magistral Small 2509 has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.
Choose Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B when...
  • Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B uniquely exposes Vision and Multimodal in local model data.
  • Local decision data tags Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B for Vision.

Monthly cost at traffic

Estimate token spend from the cheapest tracked input and output route or tier on this page.

Mistral Magistral Small 2509

$775

Cheapest tracked route/tier: AWS Bedrock

Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B

Unavailable

No complete token price in local provider data

Cost delta unavailable until both models have sourced input and output token prices.

Switch friction

Mistral Magistral Small 2509 -> Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B
  • No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Mistral Magistral Small 2509 and Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
  • Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B adds Vision and Multimodal in local capability data.
Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B -> Mistral Magistral Small 2509
  • No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B and Mistral Magistral Small 2509; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
  • Check replacement coverage for Vision and Multimodal before moving production traffic.

Specs

Specification
Released2025-09-012026-03-12
Context window
Parameters24B15B
Architecture--
LicenseApache 2.0OSI-approvedMITOSI-approved
OpennessOpen sourceOpen source
WeightsUnknownUnknown
CodeUnknownUnknown
Commercial useCommercial use: permittedCommercial use: permitted
Knowledge cutoff-2025-03

Pricing and availability

Pricing attributeMistral Magistral Small 2509Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B
Input price$0.50/1M tokens-
Output price$1.50/1M tokens-
Providers-

Capabilities

CapabilityMistral Magistral Small 2509Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B
VisionNoYes
MultimodalNoYes
ReasoningNoNo
JSON / Tool useNoNo
Structured outputsNoNo
Code executionNoNo
IDE integrationNoNo
Computer useNoNo
Parallel agentsNoNo

Benchmarks

No shared benchmark scores are currently available for this pair.

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Last reviewed: 2026-06-29. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.