Model comparison

Grok 4.3 vs Mistral Nemo

Grok 4.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 10× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.3 xAI

43.8

Rank #86 Confirmed

Mistral Nemo Mistral AI

26.4

Rank #337 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.3 scores higher in 5 categories and Mistral Nemo in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 4.3 leads 52.5 to 12.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 88.8% for Grok 4.3 and 29.9% for Mistral Nemo.
  • Mistral Nemo is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $2.50 for Grok 4.3.
  • Grok 4.3 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
  • Mistral Nemo has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.3 and Mistral Nemo specifications
Grok 4.3Mistral Nemo
ProviderxAIMistral AI
Noometry Index43.826.4
Released2026-04-172024-07-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M128K
Max output30K128K
Input $ / M tokens$1.25$0.15
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$0.15
Results tracked4010

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 41.6 (#121), Mistral Nemo: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Mistral Nemo
LMArena WebDev1357—
SciCode47.3%—
WeirdML49.9%—
LMArena Coding1415—
ALE-Bench944.17—

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 27.7 (#99), Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#125)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Mistral Nemo
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—27.6%
BALROG—17.6%
GDP.pdf8%—
LMArena Search1165—
Vending-Bench 235.26—

Reasoning Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 35.9 (#68), Mistral Nemo: 20.7 (#232)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Mistral Nemo
DTBench90.7%48.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index149.16118.68
NYT Connections (extended)55.2%—
CritPt8%—
Chess Puzzles25%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1396—
LMCA38.3%—
ForecastBench60.3—
PIQA—83.5%

Math Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 46.0 (#74), Mistral Nemo: 25.5 (#268)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Mistral Nemo
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)42.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 414.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202593.3%—
ProofBench11%—
LMArena Math1388—
MATH Level 5—10.8%
GSM8K—84.2%

Knowledge Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 52.5 (#62), Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#298)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Mistral Nemo
GPQA Diamond88.8%29.9%
SimpleQA Verified33.2%—
LMArena Expert1385—
BoolQ—82.5%

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 31.6 (#104), Mistral Nemo: —

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

Multilingual Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 50.5 (#120), Mistral Nemo: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Mistral Nemo
LMArena Non-English1385—
LMArena Chinese1422—
LMArena French1412—
LMArena German1395—
LMArena Japanese1379—
LMArena Korean1356—
LMArena Russian1399—
LMArena Spanish1398—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 72.1 (#140), Mistral Nemo: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Mistral Nemo
LMArena Instruction Following1366—

Long Context Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 42.5 (#123), Mistral Nemo: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Mistral Nemo
LMArena Longer Query1393—

Writing & Preference Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 58.5 (#118), Mistral Nemo: 28.5 (#296)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.3Mistral Nemo
LMArena Text1397—
LMArena Creative Writing1380—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—881
EQ-Bench 41075—
LMArena Multi-Turn1406—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.3 better than Mistral Nemo?

Grok 4.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 10× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.3 or Mistral Nemo?

Mistral Nemo is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Grok 4.3 lists at $1.25 and $2.50.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.3 does, with 1M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.3 and Mistral Nemo share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.3 has 40 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Nemo has 10.

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