Model comparison

Grok 4.6 vs Pixtral Large

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.6 xAI

56.9

Rank #21 Confirmed

Pixtral Large Mistral AI

32.2

Rank #259 Reported

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Grok 4.6 scores higher in 3 categories and Pixtral Large in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.6 leads 61.4 to 21.7.
  • Both cost about the same: $2 input and $6 output per million tokens.
  • Grok 4.6 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 128K.
  • Pixtral Large has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.6 and Pixtral Large specifications
Grok 4.6Pixtral Large
ProviderxAIMistral AI
Noometry Index56.932.2
Released2026-08-122024-11-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K128K
Max output500K128K
Input $ / M tokens$2$2
Output $ / M tokens$6$6
Results tracked493

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16), Pixtral Large: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Pixtral Large
DeepSWE67.5%—
FrontierCode48%—
CursorBench41.4%—
LMArena WebDev1617—
FrontierSWE25.3%—
SciCode56.5%—
WeirdML67.3%—
LMArena Coding1465—
ALE-Bench1,508—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#27), Pixtral Large: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Pixtral Large
APEX-Agents65.3%—
GDP.pdf17.2%—
Vending-Bench 29,047—

Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20), Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Pixtral Large
ARC-AGI-267.1%—
SimpleBench75.9%—
NYT Connections (extended)80%—
ARC-AGI-187.5%—
CritPt19.7%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
EnigmaEval—0.8%
EBR-Bench30.5%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1447—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.3%—
LMCA48.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.44—

Math Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 67.0 (#24), Pixtral Large: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Pixtral Large
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)66%—
FrontierMath Tier 431.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202599.2%—
ProofBench51%—
LMArena Math1423—

Knowledge Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20), Pixtral Large: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Pixtral Large
GPQA Diamond94%—
SimpleQA Verified49.3%—
LMArena Expert1467—

Multimodal Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23), Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Pixtral Large
LMArena Vision12631089
Blueprint-Bench 233.2%—
Furniture Assembly40%—
LMArena Document1452—

Multilingual Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74), Pixtral Large: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Pixtral Large
LMArena Non-English1420—
LMArena Chinese1480—
LMArena French1461—
LMArena German1431—
LMArena Japanese1376—
LMArena Korean1397—
LMArena Russian1422—
LMArena Spanish1404—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63), Pixtral Large: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Pixtral Large
LMArena Instruction Following1431—

Long Context Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66), Pixtral Large: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Pixtral Large
LMArena Longer Query1454—

Writing & Preference Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80), Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Pixtral Large
LMArena Text1428—
LMArena Creative Writing1428—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—988
LMArena Multi-Turn1425—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.6 better than Pixtral Large?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.6 or Pixtral Large?

Pixtral Large is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Grok 4.6 lists at $2 and $6.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.6 does, with 500K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.6 and Pixtral Large share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Grok 4.6 has 49 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.

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