Model comparison
Grok Build 0.1 vs Mistral 7B
Grok Build 0.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.8 to 22.9 on the Noometry Index. Mistral 7B costs 5.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok Build 0.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok Build 0.1 leads 31.3 to 12.6.
- Mistral 7B is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.25 per million input/output tokens, against $1 / $2 for Grok Build 0.1.
- Grok Build 0.1 accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 8K.
- Mistral 7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok Build 0.1 | Mistral 7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 35.8 | 22.9 |
| Released | 2026-04-16 | 2023-09-27 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 256K | 8K |
| Max output | 256K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1 | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2 | $0.25 |
| Results tracked | 3 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok Build 0.1 leads
Grok Build 0.1: 42.5 (#90), Mistral 7B: 25.9 (#321)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 50.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 19.5% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1082 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 27.3% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 36% |
| MBPP+ | — | 42.1% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: 22.5 (#122), Mistral 7B: —
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| GBAEval | 2.4% | — |
Reasoning Grok Build 0.1 leads
Grok Build 0.1: 31.3 (#73), Mistral 7B: 12.6 (#331)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 9.1% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1067 |
| DTBench | — | 42.5% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 47.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 56.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 111.97 |
| HellaSwag | — | 81% |
| PIQA | — | 83% |
| WinoGrande | — | 75.3% |
Math Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Mistral 7B: 7.6 (#319)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 0.3% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1085 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 3.7% |
| GSM8K | — | 54.4% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Mistral 7B: 7.3 (#306)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 15.2% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1036 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 78.6% |
| BoolQ | — | 87.4% |
| MMLU | — | 62.5% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 79.8% |
| TriviaQA | — | 75.2% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Mistral 7B: 26.0 (#278)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1012 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1009 |
| LMArena French | — | 1036 |
| LMArena German | — | 987 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 878 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1018 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1026 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Mistral 7B: 54.5 (#275)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1060 |
Long Context Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Mistral 7B: 32.2 (#266)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1060 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Mistral 7B: 30.9 (#281)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1090 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1068 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1062 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok Build 0.1 better than Mistral 7B?
Grok Build 0.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.8 to 22.9 on the Noometry Index. Mistral 7B costs 5.0× 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 Mistral 7B?
Mistral 7B is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens; Grok Build 0.1 lists at $1 and $2.
Is Grok Build 0.1 or Mistral 7B better for coding?
Grok Build 0.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.5 versus 25.9 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Grok Build 0.1 does, with 256K tokens against 8K.
How many benchmarks do Grok Build 0.1 and Mistral 7B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok Build 0.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Mistral 7B has 37.