Model comparison
Grok Build 0.1 vs Mixtral 8x22B
Grok Build 0.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.4 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Grok Build 0.1 leads 43.1 to 24.2.
- Grok Build 0.1 is cheaper at $1 / $2 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Mixtral 8x22B.
- Grok Build 0.1 accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 64K.
- Mixtral 8x22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok Build 0.1 | Mixtral 8x22B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 36.4 | 27.1 |
| Released | 2026-04-16 | 2024-04-17 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 256K | 64K |
| Max output | 256K | 64K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2 | $6 |
| Results tracked | 3 | 34 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok Build 0.1 leads
Grok Build 0.1: 43.1 (#91), Mixtral 8x22B: 24.2 (#329)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 50.2% | — |
| WeirdML | — | 3.2% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 40.6% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1166 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.2% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 72% |
| MBPP+ | — | 64.3% |
Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call
Grok Build 0.1: 22.7 (#129), Mixtral 8x22B: 23.1 (#127)
Reasoning Grok Build 0.1 leads
Grok Build 0.1: 32.2 (#77), Mixtral 8x22B: 19.9 (#248)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 9.1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1150 |
| DTBench | — | 55.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 122.03 |
| ForecastBench | — | 56.3 |
Math Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Mixtral 8x22B: 22.9 (#275)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | — | 16.3% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1184 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 24.2% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#293)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 34.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 46% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 33.4% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1113 |
| MMLU | — | 77.8% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Mixtral 8x22B: 32.8 (#255)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1128 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1116 |
| LMArena French | — | 1166 |
| LMArena German | — | 1141 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1037 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1057 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1158 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1151 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Mixtral 8x22B: 57.7 (#266)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 72.4% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1147 |
Long Context Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Mixtral 8x22B: 34.7 (#247)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1144 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Grok Build 0.1: —, Mixtral 8x22B: 36.9 (#262)
| Benchmark | Grok Build 0.1 | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1162 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1141 |
| WildBench | — | 71.1% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1130 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok Build 0.1 better than Mixtral 8x22B?
Grok Build 0.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.4 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Grok Build 0.1 or Mixtral 8x22B?
Grok Build 0.1 is cheaper. It lists at $1 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens; Mixtral 8x22B lists at $2 and $6.
Is Grok Build 0.1 or Mixtral 8x22B better for coding?
Grok Build 0.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.1 versus 24.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Grok Build 0.1 does, with 256K tokens against 64K.
How many benchmarks do Grok Build 0.1 and Mixtral 8x22B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok Build 0.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Mixtral 8x22B has 34.