# Grok 4.1 vs Mistral Small

> Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-1-vs-mistral-small
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral Small in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Grok 4.1 leads 38.9 to 16.4.
- Mistral Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 41.5 | 33.4 |
| Rank | 134 | 243 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.15 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.60 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253)
- Mistral Small: 34.0 (#247)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1445 | 1362 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1214 | — |
| SciCode | — | 26.5% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 36.1% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 36.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 46.6% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 497.62 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49)
- Mistral Small: 28.1 (#93)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 37.1% |
| Cybench | 39% | — |

## Reasoning

- Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91)
- Mistral Small: 19.8 (#250)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1435 | 1335 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 37.8% |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 44.8% |
| DTBench | — | 70.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 53.7% |
| LMCA | — | 20.6% |
| LiveBench | — | 44% |

## Math

- Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120)
- Mistral Small: 16.4 (#293)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1422 | 1341 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 5.8% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 39.9% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 46.8% |

## Knowledge

- Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133)
- Mistral Small: 31.0 (#222)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1417 | 1291 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 47.5% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.1% |
| MMLU | — | 68.7% |

## Multimodal

- Grok 4.1: —
- Mistral Small: 33.5 (#96)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1142 |

## Multilingual

- Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68)
- Mistral Small: 45.5 (#169)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1425 | 1315 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | 1340 |
| LMArena French | 1448 | 1337 |
| LMArena German | 1446 | 1340 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1397 | 1275 |
| LMArena Korean | 1407 | 1259 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | 1324 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1438 | 1346 |

## Instruction Following

- Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111)
- Mistral Small: 66.4 (#209)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1400 | 1310 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 63.7% |

## Long Context

- Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100)
- Mistral Small: 40.4 (#156)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1416 | 1327 |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75)
- Mistral Small: 52.5 (#171)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | 1338 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1411 | 1305 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1437 | 1344 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 30.5% |

## FAQ

### Is Grok 4.1 better than Mistral Small?

Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok 4.1 or Mistral Small better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (33.7 vs 34.0); test both on your own repository before choosing.

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

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small has 39.