Model comparison
Grok 4.1 vs Mistral Small
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 33.4 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 8 categories and Mistral Small in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Grok 4.1 leads 38.9 to 16.4.
- Mistral Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 41.5 | 33.4 |
| Released | 2025-11-17 | 2024-02-26 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 256K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.60 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 39 |
Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry
Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253), Mistral Small: 34.0 (#247)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1445 | 1362 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1214 | — |
| SciCode | — | 26.5% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 36.1% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 36.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 46.6% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 497.62 |
Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49), Mistral Small: 28.1 (#93)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 37.1% |
| Cybench | 39% | — |
Reasoning Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91), Mistral Small: 19.8 (#250)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1435 | 1335 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 37.8% |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 44.8% |
| DTBench | — | 70.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 53.7% |
| LMCA | — | 20.6% |
| LiveBench | — | 44% |
Math Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120), Mistral Small: 16.4 (#293)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1422 | 1341 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 5.8% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 39.9% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 46.8% |
Knowledge Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133), Mistral Small: 31.0 (#222)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1417 | 1291 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 47.5% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.1% |
| MMLU | — | 68.7% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Grok 4.1: —, Mistral Small: 33.5 (#96)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1142 |
Multilingual Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68), Mistral Small: 45.5 (#169)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1425 | 1315 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | 1340 |
| LMArena French | 1448 | 1337 |
| LMArena German | 1446 | 1340 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1397 | 1275 |
| LMArena Korean | 1407 | 1259 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | 1324 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1438 | 1346 |
Instruction Following Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111), Mistral Small: 66.4 (#209)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1400 | 1310 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 63.7% |
Long Context Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100), Mistral Small: 40.4 (#156)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1416 | 1327 |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75), Mistral Small: 52.5 (#171)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | 1338 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1411 | 1305 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1437 | 1344 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 30.5% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 4.1 better than Mistral Small?
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 4.1 or Mistral Small better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (33.7 vs 34.0); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Grok 4.1 and Mistral Small share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small has 39.