Model comparison

Grok 4.3 vs Mistral

Grok 4.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.3 xAI

43.8

Rank #86 Confirmed

Mistral Mistral AI

29.9

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.3 scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 4.3 leads 52.5 to 16.6.

Side by side

Grok 4.3 and Mistral specifications
Grok 4.3Mistral
ProviderxAIMistral AI
Noometry Index43.829.9
Released2026-04-17—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output30K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$2.50—
Results tracked4022

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 41.6 (#121), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Mistral
LMArena Coding14151162
LMArena WebDev1357—
SciCode47.3%—
WeirdML49.9%—
ALE-Bench944.17—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 27.7 (#99), Mistral: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Mistral
GDP.pdf8%—
LMArena Search1165—
Vending-Bench 235.26—

Reasoning Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 35.9 (#68), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Mistral
LMArena Hard Prompts13961149
NYT Connections (extended)55.2%—
CritPt8%—
Chess Puzzles25%—
DTBench90.7%—
LMCA38.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index149.16—
ForecastBench60.3—

Math Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 46.0 (#74), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Mistral
LMArena Math13881180
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)42.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 414.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202593.3%—
ProofBench11%—
Omni-MATH—7.2%

Knowledge Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 52.5 (#62), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Mistral
LMArena Expert13851125
GPQA Diamond88.8%—
SimpleQA Verified33.2%—
MMLU-Pro—27.7%
GPQA (HELM)—30.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 31.6 (#104), Mistral: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Mistral
LMArena Vision1229—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—

Multilingual Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 50.5 (#120), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Mistral
LMArena Non-English13851129
LMArena Chinese14221109
LMArena French14121180
LMArena German13951155
LMArena Japanese13791013
LMArena Korean13561032
LMArena Russian13991168
LMArena Spanish13981143

Instruction Following Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 72.1 (#140), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Mistral
LMArena Instruction Following13661152
IFEval—56.8%

Long Context Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 42.5 (#123), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Mistral
LMArena Longer Query13931153

Writing & Preference Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 58.5 (#118), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Mistral
LMArena Text13971165
LMArena Creative Writing13801158
LMArena Multi-Turn14061147
WildBench—66%
EQ-Bench 41075—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.3 better than Mistral?

Grok 4.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.3 or Mistral better for coding?

Grok 4.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.6 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.3 and Mistral share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.3 has 40 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.

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