Model comparison
Grok 4.1 vs Mixtral 8x22B
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 26.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.1 scores higher in 9 categories and Mixtral 8x22B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok 4.1 leads 62.6 to 37.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Cybench: 39% for Grok 4.1 and 7.5% for Mixtral 8x22B.
- Mixtral 8x22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 4.1 | Mixtral 8x22B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 40.8 | 26.7 |
| Released | 2025-11-17 | 2024-04-17 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 64K |
| Max output | — | 64K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 34 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 33.4 (#246), Mixtral 8x22B: 23.8 (#324)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1445 | 1166 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1214 | — |
| WeirdML | — | 3.2% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 40.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.2% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 72% |
| MBPP+ | — | 64.3% |
Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 33.8 (#47), Mixtral 8x22B: 22.8 (#119)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 39% | 7.5% |
Reasoning Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 28.3 (#91), Mixtral 8x22B: 19.1 (#246)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1436 | 1150 |
| DTBench | — | 55.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 122 |
| ForecastBench | — | 56.3 |
Math Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 36.2 (#124), Mixtral 8x22B: 21.2 (#271)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1422 | 1184 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 16.3% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 24.2% |
Knowledge Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#129), Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#288)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1417 | 1113 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 34.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 46% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 33.4% |
| MMLU | — | 77.8% |
Multilingual Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 53.6 (#64), Mixtral 8x22B: 32.9 (#250)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1425 | 1128 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1464 | 1116 |
| LMArena French | 1448 | 1165 |
| LMArena German | 1447 | 1141 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1396 | 1037 |
| LMArena Korean | 1407 | 1056 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | 1158 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1438 | 1150 |
Instruction Following Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 74.0 (#106), Mixtral 8x22B: 57.9 (#261)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1400 | 1147 |
| IFEval | — | 72.4% |
Long Context Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#96), Mixtral 8x22B: 34.6 (#242)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1416 | 1144 |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 62.6 (#71), Mixtral 8x22B: 37.1 (#257)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | 1162 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1411 | 1141 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1438 | 1130 |
| WildBench | — | 71.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 4.1 better than Mixtral 8x22B?
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 26.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 4.1 or Mixtral 8x22B better for coding?
Grok 4.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.4 versus 23.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 4.1 and Mixtral 8x22B share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mixtral 8x22B has 34.