Model comparison
Grok 4.1 vs Magistral Medium
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.1 scores higher in 7 categories and Magistral Medium in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.1 leads 29.5 to 8.6.
- Magistral Medium has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 4.1 | Magistral Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 41.5 | 35.2 |
| Released | 2025-11-17 | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $5 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Medium leads
Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253), Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1445 | 1319 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1214 | — |
| SciCode | — | 39.2% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49), Magistral Medium: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 39% | — |
Reasoning Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91), Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1435 | 1267 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 16.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 6.1% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
Math Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120), Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1422 | 1250 |
Knowledge Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133), Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1417 | 1223 |
Multilingual Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68), Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1425 | 1232 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | 1227 |
| LMArena French | 1448 | 1267 |
| LMArena German | 1446 | 1248 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1397 | 1175 |
| LMArena Korean | 1407 | 1125 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | 1224 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1438 | 1271 |
Instruction Following Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111), Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1400 | 1254 |
Long Context Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100), Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1416 | 1295 |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75), Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | 1255 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1411 | 1245 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1437 | 1275 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 4.1 better than Magistral Medium?
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 4.1 or Magistral Medium better for coding?
Magistral Medium scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.1 versus 33.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 4.1 and Magistral Medium share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Medium has 22.