Model comparison
Grok Build 0.1 vs Magistral Medium
Grok Build 0.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.4 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok Build 0.1 scores higher in 2 categories and Magistral Medium in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok Build 0.1 leads 32.2 to 8.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 50.2% for Grok Build 0.1 and 39.2% for Magistral Medium.
- Grok Build 0.1 is cheaper at $1 / $2 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $5 for Magistral Medium.
- Magistral Medium accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 256K.
- Magistral Medium has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok Build 0.1 | Magistral Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 36.4 | 35.2 |
| Released | 2026-04-16 | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 256K | 262K |
| Max output | 256K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2 | $5 |
| Results tracked | 3 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok Build 0.1 leads
Grok Build 0.1: 43.1 (#91), Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 50.2% | 39.2% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1319 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: 22.7 (#129), Magistral Medium: —
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| GBAEval | 2.4% | — |
Reasoning Grok Build 0.1 leads
Grok Build 0.1: 32.2 (#77), Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 9.1% | 0.3% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 16.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 6.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1267 |
Math Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1250 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1223 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1232 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1227 |
| LMArena French | — | 1267 |
| LMArena German | — | 1248 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1175 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1125 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1224 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1271 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1254 |
Long Context Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1295 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1245 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1275 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok Build 0.1 better than Magistral Medium?
Grok Build 0.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.4 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Grok Build 0.1 or Magistral Medium?
Grok Build 0.1 is cheaper. It lists at $1 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens; Magistral Medium lists at $2 and $5.
Is Grok Build 0.1 or Magistral Medium better for coding?
Grok Build 0.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.1 versus 39.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Magistral Medium does, with 262K tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do Grok Build 0.1 and Magistral Medium share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok Build 0.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Medium has 22.