# Grok 4.1 vs Mistral Small 3.2

> Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-1-vs-mistral-small-3-2
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok 4.1 leads 62.6 to 45.1.
- Mistral Small 3.2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 40.8 | 30.8 |
| Rank | 135 | 271 |
| Context | — | 256K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.0938 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.25 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Grok 4.1: 33.4 (#246)
- Mistral Small 3.2: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1214 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1445 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok 4.1: 33.8 (#47)
- Mistral Small 3.2: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 39% | — |

## Reasoning

- Grok 4.1: 28.3 (#91)
- Mistral Small 3.2: 17.5 (#282)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 40.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1436 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 131.73 |

## Math

- Grok 4.1: 36.2 (#124)
- Mistral Small 3.2: 24.9 (#251)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1422 | — |

## Knowledge

- Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#129)
- Mistral Small 3.2: 26.8 (#249)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 49.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1417 | — |

## Multilingual

- Grok 4.1: 53.6 (#64)
- Mistral Small 3.2: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1425 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1464 | — |
| LMArena French | 1448 | — |
| LMArena German | 1447 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1396 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1407 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1438 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Grok 4.1: 74.0 (#106)
- Mistral Small 3.2: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1400 | — |

## Long Context

- Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#96)
- Mistral Small 3.2: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1416 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok 4.1: 62.6 (#71)
- Mistral Small 3.2: 45.1 (#219)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1411 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1438 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Grok 4.1 better than Mistral Small 3.2?

Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Grok 4.1 and Mistral Small 3.2 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.