# Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) vs Mistral

> Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-20-vs-mistral
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads 52.8 to 16.3.

## Snapshot

| | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 48.5 | 29.4 |
| Rank | 48 | 297 |
| Context | 1M | — |
| Input $/M | $1.25 | — |
| Output $/M | $2.50 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 41.8 (#104)
- Mistral: 33.2 (#249)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1458 | 1162 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1374 | — |
| WeirdML | 52.3% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,150 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 34.3 (#43)
- Mistral: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 57.3% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 18% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1189 | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 4,663 | — |

## Reasoning

- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.2 (#30)
- Mistral: 21.3 (#199)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1451 | 1149 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 65.1% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 75% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 85.4% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 89.5% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 24% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 63.8% | — |
| DTBench | 90.1% | — |
| LMCA | 38.7% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 152.01 | — |
| ForecastBench | 61.4 | — |

## Math

- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 48.0 (#54)
- Mistral: 20.5 (#275)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1455 | 1180 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 44.9% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 17.1% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 92.2% | — |
| ProofBench | 14% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 7.2% |

## Knowledge

- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.8 (#54)
- Mistral: 16.3 (#283)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1440 | 1125 |
| GPQA Diamond | 89.3% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 30.2% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 27.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.3% |

## Multimodal

- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 33.2 (#88)
- Mistral: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1263 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 0% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1416 | — |

## Multilingual

- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 54.7 (#38)
- Mistral: 33.0 (#249)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1440 | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1481 | 1109 |
| LMArena French | 1477 | 1179 |
| LMArena German | 1463 | 1155 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1450 | 1012 |
| LMArena Korean | 1417 | 1032 |
| LMArena Russian | 1457 | 1168 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1442 | 1143 |

## Instruction Following

- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 75.0 (#79)
- Mistral: 52.9 (#283)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 1152 |
| IFEval | — | 56.8% |

## Long Context

- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 45.4 (#33)
- Mistral: 35.0 (#240)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1436 | 1154 |
| CL-bench | 22.2% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 11.9% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 65.9 (#42)
- Mistral: 37.2 (#255)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1451 | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1439 | 1158 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1456 | 1147 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1574 | — |
| WildBench | — | 66% |

## FAQ

### Is Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) better than Mistral?

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.5 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) or Mistral better for coding?

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 33.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) and Mistral share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) has 46 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.