Model comparison
Grok 4.1 vs Mistral Medium 3.5
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 40.2 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 4 categories and Mistral Medium 3.5 in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.1 leads 29.5 to 17.3.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 4.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 41.5 | 40.2 |
| Released | 2025-11-17 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 210K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253), Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1214 | 1264 |
| LMArena Coding | 1445 | 1461 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49), Mistral Medium 3.5: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 39% | — |
Reasoning Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91), Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1435 | 1436 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 41.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 12.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 141.35 |
Math Too close to call
Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120), Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1422 | 1431 |
Knowledge Too close to call
Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133), Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1417 | 1432 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Grok 4.1: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1223 |
Multilingual Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68), Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1425 | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | 1442 |
| LMArena French | 1448 | 1448 |
| LMArena German | 1446 | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | 1407 | 1385 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | 1395 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1438 | 1409 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1397 | — |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111), Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1400 | 1415 |
Long Context Too close to call
Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100), Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1416 | 1415 |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75), Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | 1421 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1411 | 1374 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1437 | 1423 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 993 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 4.1 better than Mistral Medium 3.5?
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 4.1 or Mistral Medium 3.5 better for coding?
Mistral Medium 3.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.0 versus 33.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 4.1 and Mistral Medium 3.5 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.