Model comparison
Grok Build 0.1 vs Ministral 8B
Grok Build 0.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.4 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 8B costs 8.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok Build 0.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok Build 0.1 leads 32.2 to 18.4.
- Ministral 8B is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $1 / $2 for Grok Build 0.1.
- Ministral 8B accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 256K.
- Ministral 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok Build 0.1 | Ministral 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 36.4 | 28.2 |
| Released | 2026-04-16 | 2024-10-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 256K | 262K |
| Max output | 256K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1 | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2 | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 3 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok Build 0.1 leads
Grok Build 0.1: 43.1 (#91), Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 50.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1202 |
Agentic & Tool Use Grok Build 0.1 leads
Grok Build 0.1: 22.7 (#129), Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 11.1% |
| GBAEval | 2.4% | — |
Reasoning Grok Build 0.1 leads
Grok Build 0.1: 32.2 (#77), Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 9.1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1191 |
| DTBench | — | 45.7% |
Math Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1188 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.9% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1170 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1165 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1193 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1195 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1161 |
Long Context Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1212 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1191 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1175 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1166 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok Build 0.1 better than Ministral 8B?
Grok Build 0.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.4 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 8B costs 8.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok Build 0.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Grok Build 0.1 or Ministral 8B?
Ministral 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Grok Build 0.1 lists at $1 and $2.
Is Grok Build 0.1 or Ministral 8B better for coding?
Grok Build 0.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.1 versus 35.0 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Ministral 8B does, with 262K tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do Grok Build 0.1 and Ministral 8B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok Build 0.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 8B has 17.