Model comparison
Grok 4.1 vs Ministral 8B
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Ministral 8B in 1 category; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 4.1 leads 38.9 to 12.5.
- Ministral 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 4.1 | Ministral 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 40.8 | 27.8 |
| Released | 2025-11-17 | 2024-10-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.10 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Ministral 8B leads
Grok 4.1: 33.4 (#246), Ministral 8B: 34.4 (#226)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1445 | 1202 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1214 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 33.8 (#47), Ministral 8B: 16.2 (#140)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 11.1% |
| Cybench | 39% | — |
Reasoning Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 28.3 (#91), Ministral 8B: 17.7 (#279)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1436 | 1191 |
| DTBench | — | 45.7% |
Math Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 36.2 (#124), Ministral 8B: 23.7 (#262)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1422 | 1188 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.9% |
Knowledge Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#129), Ministral 8B: 12.5 (#292)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1417 | 1170 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |
Multilingual Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 53.6 (#64), Ministral 8B: 35.3 (#242)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1425 | 1165 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1464 | 1193 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | 1195 |
| LMArena French | 1448 | — |
| LMArena German | 1447 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1396 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1407 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1438 | — |
Instruction Following Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 74.0 (#106), Ministral 8B: 60.7 (#245)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1400 | 1161 |
Long Context Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#96), Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#222)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1416 | 1212 |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 62.6 (#71), Ministral 8B: 39.8 (#241)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | 1191 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1411 | 1175 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1438 | 1166 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 4.1 better than Ministral 8B?
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 4.1 or Ministral 8B better for coding?
Ministral 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 33.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 4.1 and Ministral 8B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 8B has 17.