Model comparison
Grok 4.1 vs Mistral Small 3.2
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok 4.1 leads 62.4 to 45.0.
- Mistral Small 3.2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 41.5 | 31.2 |
| Released | 2025-11-17 | 2025-06-20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 256K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.0938 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1214 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1445 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 39% | — |
Reasoning Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91), Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 40.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1435 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 131.74 |
Math Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1422 | — |
Knowledge Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 49.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1417 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1425 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | — |
| LMArena French | 1448 | — |
| LMArena German | 1446 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1397 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1407 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1438 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1400 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1416 | — |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75), Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1411 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1437 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 4.1 better than Mistral Small 3.2?
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Grok 4.1 and Mistral Small 3.2 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.