Model comparison
Grok 4.6 vs Mistral
Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.6 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 4.6 leads 63.3 to 16.6.
Side by side
| Grok 4.6 | Mistral | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 56.9 | 29.9 |
| Released | 2026-08-12 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 500K | — |
| Max output | 500K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $6 | — |
| Results tracked | 49 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1465 | 1162 |
| DeepSWE | 67.5% | — |
| FrontierCode | 48% | — |
| CursorBench | 41.4% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1617 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 25.3% | — |
| SciCode | 56.5% | — |
| WeirdML | 67.3% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,508 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#27), Mistral: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 65.3% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 17.2% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 9,047 | — |
Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1447 | 1149 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 67.1% | — |
| SimpleBench | 75.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 80% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 87.5% | — |
| CritPt | 19.7% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 40% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 30.5% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 34% | — |
| DTBench | 97.3% | — |
| LMCA | 48.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 156.44 | — |
Math Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 67.0 (#24), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1423 | 1180 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 66% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 31.7% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 99.2% | — |
| ProofBench | 51% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 7.2% |
Knowledge Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1467 | 1125 |
| GPQA Diamond | 94% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 49.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 27.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.3% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23), Mistral: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1263 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 33.2% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 40% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1452 | — |
Multilingual Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1420 | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1480 | 1109 |
| LMArena French | 1461 | 1180 |
| LMArena German | 1431 | 1155 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1376 | 1013 |
| LMArena Korean | 1397 | 1032 |
| LMArena Russian | 1422 | 1168 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1404 | 1143 |
Instruction Following Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1431 | 1152 |
| IFEval | — | 56.8% |
Long Context Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1454 | 1153 |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.6 leads
Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1428 | 1158 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1425 | 1147 |
| WildBench | — | 66% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 4.6 better than Mistral?
Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 4.6 or Mistral better for coding?
Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.5 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 4.6 and Mistral share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.6 has 49 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.