Model comparison

Grok Build 0.1 vs Mistral Large 3

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 36.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

Grok Build 0.1 xAI

36.4

Rank #216 Reported

Mistral Large 3

Mistral AI

39.1

Rank #176 Confirmed

Summary

The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok Build 0.1 leads 32.2 to 15.2.
Mistral Large 3 is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.75 per million input/output tokens, against $1 / $2 for Grok Build 0.1.
Mistral Large 3 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 256K.
Mistral Large 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok Build 0.1 and Mistral Large 3 specifications
	Grok Build 0.1	Mistral Large 3
Provider	xAI	Mistral AI
Noometry Index	36.4	39.1
Released	2026-04-16	2025-12-02
Weights	Proprietary	Open
Context window	256K	262K
Max output	256K	8K
Input $ / M tokens	$1	$0.25
Output $ / M tokens	$2	$0.75
Results tracked	3	24

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Category by category

Coding Grok Build 0.1 leads

Grok Build 0.1: 43.1 (#91), Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Grok Build 0.1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena WebDev	—	1230
SciCode	50.2%	—
LMArena Coding	—	1448

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok Build 0.1: 22.7 (#129), Mistral Large 3: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Grok Build 0.1	Mistral Large 3
GBAEval	2.4%	—

Reasoning Grok Build 0.1 leads

Grok Build 0.1: 32.2 (#77), Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Grok Build 0.1	Mistral Large 3
Kagi LLM Benchmark	—	50.9%
NYT Connections (extended)	—	7.5%
CritPt	9.1%	—
Thematic Generalization	—	23%
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1429

Math Not comparable

Grok Build 0.1: —, Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Grok Build 0.1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Math	—	1414

Knowledge Not comparable

Grok Build 0.1: —, Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Grok Build 0.1	Mistral Large 3
Vectara Hallucination Rate	—	14.5%
LMArena Expert	—	1421

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok Build 0.1: —, Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Grok Build 0.1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Vision	—	1221

Multilingual Not comparable

Grok Build 0.1: —, Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Grok Build 0.1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Non-English	—	1413
LMArena Chinese	—	1447
LMArena French	—	1455
LMArena German	—	1437
LMArena Japanese	—	1394
LMArena Korean	—	1384
LMArena Russian	—	1411
LMArena Spanish	—	1440

Instruction Following Not comparable

Grok Build 0.1: —, Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Grok Build 0.1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1403

Long Context Not comparable

Grok Build 0.1: —, Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Grok Build 0.1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Longer Query	—	1413

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Grok Build 0.1: —, Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Grok Build 0.1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Text	—	1428
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1386
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	—	1412
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1429

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok Build 0.1 better than Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 36.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Grok Build 0.1 or Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens; Grok Build 0.1 lists at $1 and $2.

Is Grok Build 0.1 or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?

Grok Build 0.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.1 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 3 does, with 262K tokens against 256K.

How many benchmarks do Grok Build 0.1 and Mistral Large 3 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok Build 0.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.