# Grok 4.1 vs Ministral 8B

> Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-1-vs-ministral-8b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Ministral 8B in 1 category; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 4.1 leads 39.5 to 12.6.
- Ministral 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Grok 4.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 41.5 | 28.2 |
| Rank | 134 | 325 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.15 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.15 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253)
- Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1445 | 1202 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1214 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49)
- Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 11.1% |
| Cybench | 39% | — |

## Reasoning

- Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91)
- Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1435 | 1191 |
| DTBench | — | 45.7% |

## Math

- Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120)
- Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1422 | 1188 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.9% |

## Knowledge

- Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133)
- Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1417 | 1170 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |

## Multilingual

- Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68)
- Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1425 | 1165 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | 1193 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | 1195 |
| LMArena French | 1448 | — |
| LMArena German | 1446 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1397 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1407 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1438 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111)
- Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1400 | 1161 |

## Long Context

- Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100)
- Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1416 | 1212 |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75)
- Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | 1191 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1411 | 1175 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1437 | 1166 |

## FAQ

### Is Grok 4.1 better than Ministral 8B?

Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok 4.1 or Ministral 8B better for coding?

Ministral 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.0 versus 33.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Grok 4.1 and Ministral 8B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 8B has 17.