Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 4.6 vs Mixtral 8x22B

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.6 xAI

56.9

Rank #21 Confirmed

Mixtral 8x22B Mistral AI

27.1

Rank #333 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.6 scores higher in 9 categories and Mixtral 8x22B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 4.6 leads 63.3 to 15.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 67.3% for Grok 4.6 and 3.2% for Mixtral 8x22B.
  • Both cost about the same: $2 input and $6 output per million tokens.
  • Grok 4.6 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 64K.
  • Mixtral 8x22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.6Mixtral 8x22B
ProviderxAIMistral AI
Noometry Index56.927.1
Released2026-08-122024-04-17
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K64K
Max output500K64K
Input $ / M tokens$2$2
Output $ / M tokens$6$6
Results tracked4934

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16), Mixtral 8x22B: 24.2 (#329)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Mixtral 8x22B
WeirdML67.3%3.2%
LMArena Coding14651166
DeepSWE67.5%—
FrontierCode48%—
CursorBench41.4%—
LMArena WebDev1617—
FrontierSWE25.3%—
SciCode56.5%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—40.6%
BigCodeBench Complete—50.2%
ALE-Bench1,508—
HumanEval+—72%
MBPP+—64.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#27), Mixtral 8x22B: 23.1 (#127)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Mixtral 8x22B
APEX-Agents65.3%—
Cybench—7.5%
GDP.pdf17.2%—
Vending-Bench 29,047—

Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20), Mixtral 8x22B: 19.9 (#248)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Mixtral 8x22B
LMArena Hard Prompts14471150
DTBench97.3%55.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.44122.03
ARC-AGI-267.1%—
SimpleBench75.9%—
NYT Connections (extended)80%—
ARC-AGI-187.5%—
CritPt19.7%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
EBR-Bench30.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
LMCA48.5%—
ForecastBench—56.3

Math Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 67.0 (#24), Mixtral 8x22B: 22.9 (#275)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Mixtral 8x22B
LMArena Math14231184
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)66%—
FrontierMath Tier 431.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202599.2%—
ProofBench51%—
Omni-MATH—16.3%
MATH Level 5—24.2%

Knowledge Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20), Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#293)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Mixtral 8x22B
GPQA Diamond94%34.1%
LMArena Expert14671113
SimpleQA Verified49.3%—
MMLU-Pro—46%
GPQA (HELM)—33.4%
MMLU—77.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23), Mixtral 8x22B: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Mixtral 8x22B
LMArena Vision1263—
Blueprint-Bench 233.2%—
Furniture Assembly40%—
LMArena Document1452—

Multilingual Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74), Mixtral 8x22B: 32.8 (#255)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Mixtral 8x22B
LMArena Non-English14201128
LMArena Chinese14801116
LMArena French14611166
LMArena German14311141
LMArena Japanese13761037
LMArena Korean13971057
LMArena Russian14221158
LMArena Spanish14041151

Instruction Following Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63), Mixtral 8x22B: 57.7 (#266)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Mixtral 8x22B
LMArena Instruction Following14311147
IFEval—72.4%

Long Context Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66), Mixtral 8x22B: 34.7 (#247)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Mixtral 8x22B
LMArena Longer Query14541144

Writing & Preference Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80), Mixtral 8x22B: 36.9 (#262)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Mixtral 8x22B
LMArena Text14281162
LMArena Creative Writing14281141
LMArena Multi-Turn14251130
WildBench—71.1%

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.6 better than Mixtral 8x22B?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.6 or Mixtral 8x22B?

Mixtral 8x22B is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Grok 4.6 lists at $2 and $6.

Is Grok 4.6 or Mixtral 8x22B better for coding?

Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.5 versus 24.2 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.6 does, with 500K tokens against 64K.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.6 and Mixtral 8x22B share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.6 has 49 scored results on Noometry and Mixtral 8x22B has 34.

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