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  3. GPT-4.5 Orion vs Mistral: Saba

Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 17, 2026noindex (thin pair)

GPT-4.5 Orion vs Mistral: Saba benchmark

In this head-to-head showdown, Mistral: Saba is more budget-friendly at $0.6/1M per 1M output tokens. Review the complete breakdown below to determine which model best fits your performance and budget requirements.

Executive Comparison Verdict

Bottom Line: Choose GPT-4.5 Orion if your priority is peak reasoning, complex code generation, and top preference Elo. Choose Mistral: Saba if you are optimizing for low latency, high throughput, and cost-efficient API deployment.
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Executive Verdict Summary

Mistral: Saba holds empirical advantage (2 of 3 metrics)

Coding / SWESWE-bench
GPT-4.5 OrionTop code solve rate
ReasoningGPQA / Live
GPT-4.5 OrionTop logical accuracy
Best Value$/1M Tok
Mistral: SabaLowest API billing cost
Speed / TokTok/Sec
GPT-4.5 OrionFastest stream rate

Verified Advantage Breakdown

3 benchmarks evaluated across capability, speed, and cost

GPT-4.5 Orion (1)Mistral: Saba (2)
GPT-4.5 Orion
1 of 3 Wins
✓Context window
Mistral: Saba
2 of 3 Wins
✓Input price✓Output price
OpenAI
Leads 1 of 3
GPT-4.5 Orion

OpenAI largest dense non-reasoning model with expansive world knowledge and reduced hallucinations.

Elo 1,540In: $75 · Out: $150/1M
Mistral
Leads 2 of 3
Mistral: Saba

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (mistralai/mistral-saba). Preview until a second source matches.

In: $0.2 · Out: $0.6/1M
Top Rival Showdowns for GPT-4.5 Orion
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Compare vs:vs Claude Opus 4.5vs Gemini 3 Provs Grok 4.6vs DeepSeek V4 Provs Qwen 3 Max
Preference Leader

No shared data

Single model data

Throughput Leader

No shared data

No latency data

Value per Dollar LeaderMistral: Saba Wins

Mistral: Saba

$0.6 / 1M output

Capability Percentiles

Relative percentile scores computed across all active models in the benchmark catalog.

Multi-Dimensional Capability Radar

Leaders Matchup Capability Radar

Comparing top standard models across 6 key capability dimensions. Tap any spoke or dot to inspect.

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0–100 %ile

Overall Matchup Breakdown

Category wins across reasoning intelligence, generation speed, and token cost.

GPT-4.5 Orion (8)vsMistral: Saba (2)
GPT-4.5 Orion: 8W (80%)Overall: GPT-4.5 OrionMistral: Saba: 2W (20%)
← GPT-4.5 OrionMistral: Saba →
🏆GPT-4.5 Orion Leads(5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Benchmark
GPT-4.5 OrionvsMistral: Saba
Preference Elo
1,540vs—
Coding Elo
1,520vs—
SWE-bench
71%vs—
LiveBench
68.5%vs—
GPQA Diamond
84%vs—
GPT-4.5 Orion: 5WMistral: Saba: 0W
🏆GPT-4.5 Orion Leads(2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Benchmark
GPT-4.5 OrionvsMistral: Saba
Output speed
60 tok/svs—
Time to first token
350 msvs—
GPT-4.5 Orion: 2WMistral: Saba: 0W
🏆Mistral: Saba Leads(2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Benchmark
GPT-4.5 OrionvsMistral: Saba
Output price
$150/1Mvs$0.6/1M+$149.4/1M
Input price
$75/1Mvs$0.2/1M+$74.8/1M
Context window
128kvs33k+95k
GPT-4.5 Orion: 1WMistral: Saba: 2W

Side-by-Side Benchmark Matrix

GPT-4.5 OrionMistral: Saba
Preference Elo
GPT-4.5 Orion1,540
Mistral: Saba—
Coding Elo
GPT-4.5 Orion1,520
Mistral: Saba—
LiveBench
GPT-4.5 Orion68.5%
Mistral: Saba—
SWE-bench
GPT-4.5 Orion71%
Mistral: Saba—
GPQA Diamond
GPT-4.5 Orion84%
Mistral: Saba—
Time to first token
GPT-4.5 Orion350 ms
Mistral: Saba—
Output speed
GPT-4.5 Orion60 tok/s
Mistral: Saba—
Input priceMistral: Saba +$74.8/1M
GPT-4.5 Orion$75/1M
Mistral: Saba$0.2/1M
Output priceMistral: Saba +$149.4/1M
GPT-4.5 Orion$150/1M
Mistral: Saba$0.6/1M
Context windowGPT-4.5 Orion +95k
GPT-4.5 Orion128k
Mistral: Saba33k
BenchmarkGPT-4.5 OrionMistral: SabaAdvantage Delta
Preference Elo
1,540
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
——
Coding Elo
1,520
lmarena · Aug 17, 2026
——
LiveBench
68.5%
livebench · Aug 17, 2026
——
SWE-bench
71%
swebench · Aug 17, 2026
——
GPQA Diamond
84%
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Time to first token
350 ms
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Output speed
60 tok/s
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
——
Input price
$75/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$0.2/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+$74.8/1M
Output price
$150/1M
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
$0.6/1M
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+$149.4/1M
Context window
128k
seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026
33k
openrouter · Aug 17, 2026
+95k

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save 100% with Mistral: Saba
Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo
Quick Presets:
Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out
RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)
GPT-4.5 Orion$4,875.00 / mo
In: $2,625Out: $2,250
Mistral: Saba$16.00 / mo
In: $7Out: $9
Estimated Cost Delta

Mistral: Saba is estimated to save $4,859.00/month ($58,308/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

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    Mistral: Saba:Pick Mistral: Saba when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatMistral: Saba

Lower output list price ($0.6/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGGPT-4.5 Orion

Larger window (128k).

Screenshots / visionGPT-4.5 Orion

GPT-4.5 Orion is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target WorkloadRecommended PickEvaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agentsinsufficient dataNeed SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chatMistral: SabaLower output list price ($0.6/1M).
Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient dataNeed TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAGGPT-4.5 OrionLarger window (128k).
Screenshots / visionGPT-4.5 OrionGPT-4.5 Orion is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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GPT-4.5 Orion

Elo 1,540
SWE-bench71%
Speed (tok/s)60 tok/s
Input / 1M Tokens$75/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$150/1M
Mistral

Mistral: Saba

Elo n/a
SWE-bench—
Speed (tok/s)33k
Input / 1M Tokens$0.2/1M
Output / 1M Tokens$0.6/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, GPT-4.5 Orion or Mistral: Saba?
We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, GPT-4.5 Orion or Mistral: Saba?
SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?
Mistral: Saba output tokens are $0.6/1M versus $150/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, GPT-4.5 Orion or Mistral: Saba?
We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?
GPT-4.5 Orion accepts 128k tokens versus 33k.
Can I self-host either model?
Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?
No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?
Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. GPT-4.5 Orion and Mistral: Saba Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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