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xAIMistral AILLM matchup

Grok 4.7vs.Mistral Large 3

Which one is better?

Grok 4.7 performs better than Mistral Large 3, but costs 4 times as much.

Grok 4.7 ahead
IntelligenceOverall index, 100 points = average
103.3

Grok 4.7

Rank 21

38.9

Mistral Large 3

Rank 91

about as fast
SpeedTokens per second
71

Grok 4.7

78

Mistral Large 3

Mistral Large 3 cheaper
Price$ per 1M tokens
$3

Grok 4.7

$0.75

Mistral Large 3

Grok 4.7 more popular
Popularity0 to 100
61

Grok 4.7

Rank 35 of 875

32

Mistral Large 3

Rank 415 of 875

Above 200,000 tokens of context, Grok 4.7 costs more: $4 input and $12 output per 1M tokens.

Choose Grok 4.7 for

HealthAgentsLegalCodingMathematicsKnowledgeReasoningFinanceGeneralMultimodal

Choose Mistral Large 3 for

No clear advantage

Where is the difference?

Strengths at a glance

Grok 4.7Mistral Large 3

The median of all ranked models is below 100 in every area, so it sits in the centre of the net.

105110115100CodingGrok 4.7ReasoningGrok 4.7MathematicsGrok 4.7KnowledgeGrok 4.7AgentsGrok 4.7GeneralGrok 4.7MultimodalGrok 4.7FinanceGrok 4.7LegalGrok 4.7HealthGrok 4.7
CodingGrok 4.7 ahead
Grok 4.7103.1Rank 22
Mistral Large 338.4Rank 105
Median of ranked models83.7

95 % range: Grok 4.7 100.2 to 106.1, Mistral Large 3 29.1 to 47.7.

AreaGrok 4.7Mistral Large 3

The same values and verdicts as the bars below. In the top field the net starts at 100 points, the reference group average; values below sit as a hollow point in the centre.

Grok 4.7 is ahead in 10 of 10 areas, Mistral Large 3 in none.

Grok 4.7 ahead: 10

Areas in the overall index
AgentsGrok 4.7 +66107.4 to 41.7
CodingGrok 4.7 +65103.1 to 38.4
MathematicsGrok 4.7 +6294.8 to 33.0
KnowledgeGrok 4.7 +62105.5 to 43.8
ReasoningGrok 4.7 +61102.2 to 41.4
GeneralGrok 4.7 +59101.6 to 42.9
MultimodalGrok 4.7 +5696.1 to 40.0
Specialist fields
HealthGrok 4.7 +67106.1 to 39.4
LegalGrok 4.7 +65109.9 to 44.6
FinanceGrok 4.7 +60105.3 to 45.8

Bar length shows the gap in index points (full width 15 points, one standard deviation of the reference group). Solid means clearly ahead, hatched not certain yet, a thin grey bar level.

Show 3 more areas that do not count toward the overall index
Cybersecurityonly Grok 4.7 has a score
Productivityonly Grok 4.7 has a score
Educationonly Grok 4.7 has a score

Bar length shows the gap in index points (full width 15 points, one standard deviation of the reference group). Solid means clearly ahead, hatched not certain yet, a thin grey bar level.

Which model for which task?

Everyday tasks, translated from the area values above. Each row names the values it rests on.

Writing and debugging codeGrok 4.7Coding 103.1 to 38.4
Maths and data analysisGrok 4.7Mathematics 94.8 to 33.0, Reasoning 102.2 to 41.4
Facts and researchGrok 4.7Knowledge 105.5 to 43.8
Agents and workflowsGrok 4.7Agents 107.4 to 41.7
Fast chat repliesabout the same71 to 78 tokens per second
Security analysisopenCybersecurity without a score for Mistral Large 3
Many requests on a small budgetMistral Large 3$3 to $0.75 per 1M tokens
Finance, legal and medical textsGrok 4.7Finance 105.3 to 45.8, Legal 109.9 to 44.6, Health 106.1 to 39.4
Images, screenshots and PDFsGrok 4.7Multimodal 96.1 to 40.0

See for yourself: same task, one attempt

The same prompt for both models. We show the latest attempt without fixes; it does not count toward the overall index.

Pelican on a bicycle

Prompt

Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle

Task origin: Simon Willison

Grok 4.7

Grok 4.7: Pelican on a bicycle
A community classic for free-form SVG drawing.

Oct 1, 2026 · 13 s · $0.0072

Test details
Run date
Oct 1, 2026
API provider
openrouter
Requested API model
x-ai/grok-4.7
Reasoning setting
high
Token limit including reasoning
8,192 tokens
Output tokens
1,069 tokens
Cost of the attempt
$0.0072
Response time
13.4 s
API model reported in response
x-ai/grok-4.7
Pinned endpoint
xAI | x-ai/grok-4.7-20260916
Temperature
Provider default
Test protocol
community-visual-tests-v1
Technical checks
Passed, not a quality rating

Visually reviewed. This individual test does not establish overall model quality.

Earlier attempts (1)

  • Oct 1, 2026API request failedReasoning setting: high

Mistral Large 3

Mistral Large 3: Pelican on a bicycle
A community classic for free-form SVG drawing.

Oct 1, 2026 · 14 s · $0.0022

Test details
Run date
Oct 1, 2026
API provider
openrouter
Requested API model
mistralai/mistral-large-2512
Reasoning setting
not specified
Token limit including reasoning
8,192 tokens
Output tokens
1,451 tokens
Cost of the attempt
$0.0022
Response time
14.2 s
API model reported in response
mistralai/mistral-large-2512
Pinned endpoint
Mistral | mistralai/mistral-large-2512
Temperature
Provider default
Test protocol
community-visual-tests-v1
Technical checks
Passed, not a quality rating
Reasoning (model default)
no reasoning mode Source

Visually reviewed. This individual test does not establish overall model quality.

Earlier attempts (1)

  • Sep 7, 2026API request failedReasoning setting: not specified
SVG short test

SVG short test

One SVG task with the same fixed settings for every model, without hidden thinking.

Prompt

Return only one standalone SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle. Use viewBox="0 0 800 600", simple shapes, two clearly visible wheels and a recognizable pelican with a long beak. At most 30 SVG elements and 1800 characters. No Markdown, explanations, comments, scripts, animation, CSS or external resources.

Grok 4.7

Unavailable in this round

Mistral Large 3

API request failed. The model was not evaluated.

Grok 4.7 and Mistral Large 3 in the overall index

Every model with a place in the overall index, both models of this matchup highlighted. You can add or hide other models.

Overall index (Gradually Meta-Score v4)

20 of 91 models

6 models in this view are measured at a lower reasoning effort than max in the overall index. Dashed column: lower reasoning effort than the top.

Claude Opus 5.5max126.1
Gemini 4 Carbonhigh125.7
Claude Fable 5.1max123.8
Claude Sonnet 5.5max122.8
Gemini 4 Argonhigh122.3
GPT-6 Astramax121.3
GPT-6.1 Solmax119.2
Muse Wonder Fullmax118.3
Claude Opus 5max117.2
Muse Wondermax113.4
Kimi K3.1 Promax112.9
Claude Fable 5max112.5
GPT-6 Solmax110.6
GPT-5.6 Solmax108.7
Muse Spark 1.3max107.4
Gemini 3.7 Flashhigh107.1
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017max106.6
Gemini 3.8 Flashhigh106.5
Grok 4.7xhigh103.3
Mistral Large 3none38.9

Popularity compared

How often the models are searched for, used and mentioned, on a scale from 0 to 100.

Grok 4.7 is more popular than Mistral Large 3: 61 to 32 out of 100.

Over time

Weekly values from October 18, 2026 to November 5, 2026

Grok 4.7Mistral Large 3

All data side by side

The better value is bold. For the overall index only when the gap is clear.

MetricGrok 4.7Mistral Large 3
Intelligence
Overall indexpoints, 100 = reference group average, higher is better103.338.9
RankRank 21 of 91Rank 91 of 91
Price per 1M tokens
Inputwhat you send$2above 200,000 tokens: $4$0.50
Outputwhat the model writes$6above 200,000 tokens: $12$1.50
Cost per task (own tests)average of 1 test both passed$0.007$0.002
Speed
Tokens per second7178
Popularity
Popularitysearch, usage and mentions, 0 to 10061Rank 35 of 87532Rank 415 of 875
Technical
Context windowhow much text the model reads at once500,000 tokens≈ 750 A4 pages262,144 tokens≈ 390 A4 pages
Knowledge cutoffMay 2026n/a
ReleasedSep 21, 2026Dec 2, 2025
AvailabilityActiveActive
Open weightsnoyes

Prices without caching or batch discounts · Page count as a rule of thumb from Artificial Analysis

Is there a better choice?

Cheaper than Mistral Large 3DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017

Overall index 106.6, rank 17. $0.15 input and $0.60 output per 1M tokens.

Grok 4.7 vs. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
Best model in the overall indexClaude Opus 5.5

Overall index 126.1, rank 1. $4 input and $20 output per 1M tokens.

Grok 4.7 vs. Claude Opus 5.5

Shared benchmarks

Single results from the same benchmark version, task and metric. A value is bold only with the same test setup and a clear gap.

A: Grok 4.7B: Mistral Large 3

LegalBenchOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 84.4%Mistral Large 3: 79.1%Vals AIAs of 10/13/2026
LMArena Code Arena WebDevOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,637Mistral Large 3: 1,233LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,441Mistral Large 3: 1,414LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Vision, Style ControlOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,250Mistral Large 3: 1,199LMArenaAs of 10/19/2026
LegalBenchConclusion Tasks · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 88.6%Mistral Large 3: 81%Vals AIAs of 10/13/2026
LMArena Code Arena WebDevHTML development · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,629Mistral Large 3: 1,241LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlBusiness, management and finance · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,437Mistral Large 3: 1,410LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Vision, Style ControlChinese · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,267Mistral Large 3: 1,218LMArenaAs of 10/19/2026
LegalBenchInterpretation Tasks · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 81.3%Mistral Large 3: 76.6%Vals AIAs of 10/13/2026
LMArena Code Arena WebDevImage to WebDev · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,586Mistral Large 3: 1,361LMArenaAs of 10/19/2026
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LMArena Text, Style ControlChinese · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,495Mistral Large 3: 1,432LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Vision, Style ControlCreative writing with images · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,231Mistral Large 3: 1,197LMArenaAs of 10/19/2026
LegalBenchIssue Tasks · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 89.5%Mistral Large 3: 81%Vals AIAs of 10/13/2026
LMArena Code Arena WebDevWeb development · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,637Mistral Large 3: 1,233LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlCoding · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,494Mistral Large 3: 1,471LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Vision, Style ControlDiagram understanding · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,280Mistral Large 3: 1,233LMArenaAs of 10/19/2026
LegalBenchRhetoric Tasks · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 81.5%Mistral Large 3: 77.9%Vals AIAs of 10/13/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlCreative writing · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,418Mistral Large 3: 1,375LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Vision, Style ControlEnglish · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,245Mistral Large 3: 1,209LMArenaAs of 10/19/2026
LegalBenchRule Tasks · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 81%Mistral Large 3: 79.1%Vals AIAs of 10/13/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlEnglish · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,454Mistral Large 3: 1,427LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Vision, Style ControlHomework · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,324Mistral Large 3: 1,206LMArenaAs of 10/19/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlEntertainment, sports and media · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,416Mistral Large 3: 1,373LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Vision, Style ControlOptical character recognition · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,261Mistral Large 3: 1,214LMArenaAs of 10/19/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlExcluding ties · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,439Mistral Large 3: 1,402LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlExpert prompts · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,480Mistral Large 3: 1,428LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlFrench prompts · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,479Mistral Large 3: 1,432LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlGerman prompts · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,431Mistral Large 3: 1,411LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlHard prompts · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,463Mistral Large 3: 1,433LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlHard prompts, English · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,473Mistral Large 3: 1,440LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlInstruction following · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,438Mistral Large 3: 1,403LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlJapanese prompts · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,408Mistral Large 3: 1,379LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlKorean prompts · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,425Mistral Large 3: 1,358LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlLegal and government · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,464Mistral Large 3: 1,422LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlLife, physical and social science · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,469Mistral Large 3: 1,429LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlLonger queries · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,452Mistral Large 3: 1,418LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlMath · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,443Mistral Large 3: 1,401LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlMathematical professions · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,467Mistral Large 3: 1,414LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlMedicine and healthcare · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,459Mistral Large 3: 1,431LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlMulti-turn · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,432Mistral Large 3: 1,420LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlNon-English · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,428Mistral Large 3: 1,398LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlPolish prompts · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,478Mistral Large 3: 1,415LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlRussian prompts · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,435Mistral Large 3: 1,407LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlSoftware and IT services · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,478Mistral Large 3: 1,456LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlSpanish prompts · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,445Mistral Large 3: 1,408LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlWriting, literature and language · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,427Mistral Large 3: 1,390LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026

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