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xAIMistral AILLM matchup

Grok 4.7vs.Mistral Medium 3.5

Which one is better?

Grok 4.7 performs better than Mistral Medium 3.5. Mistral Medium 3.5 is cheaper for input, Grok 4.7 for output.

Grok 4.7 ahead
IntelligenceOverall index, 100 points = average
103.3

Grok 4.7

Rank 21

46.8

Mistral Medium 3.5

Rank 87

Mistral Medium 3.5 faster
SpeedTokens per second
71

Grok 4.7

144

Mistral Medium 3.5

about the same price
Price$ per 1M tokens
$3

Grok 4.7

$3

Mistral Medium 3.5

Grok 4.7 more popular
Popularity0 to 100
61

Grok 4.7

Rank 35 of 875

37

Mistral Medium 3.5

Rank 312 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

ReasoningFinanceKnowledgeEducationLegalHealthAgentsCodingMultimodalGeneralMathematics

Choose Mistral Medium 3.5 for

No clear advantage

Where is the difference?

Strengths at a glance

Grok 4.7Mistral Medium 3.5

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 Medium 3.551.2Rank 93
Median of ranked models83.7

95 % range: Grok 4.7 100.2 to 106.1, Mistral Medium 3.5 44.4 to 57.9.

AreaGrok 4.7Mistral Medium 3.5

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 Medium 3.5 in none.

Grok 4.7 ahead: 10

Areas in the overall index
ReasoningGrok 4.7 +68102.2 to 34.5
KnowledgeGrok 4.7 +65105.5 to 40.4
AgentsGrok 4.7 +53107.4 to 53.9
CodingGrok 4.7 +52103.1 to 51.2
MultimodalGrok 4.7 +4696.1 to 49.6
GeneralGrok 4.7 +45101.6 to 56.9
MathematicsGrok 4.7 +3894.8 to 56.9
Specialist fields
FinanceGrok 4.7 +67105.3 to 38.8
LegalGrok 4.7 +58109.9 to 51.9
HealthGrok 4.7 +56106.1 to 50.1

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
EducationGrok 4.7 +59105.9 to 46.7
Cybersecurityonly Grok 4.7 has a score
Productivityonly 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.

Grok 4.7 vs. Mistral Medium 3.5 at the same effort

Both models measured at the same reasoning efforts. This shows whether a lead comes from the model or only from more compute.

highGrok 4.7 ahead
Grok 4.7 103.6 vs. Mistral Medium 3.5 46.8 · Gap 63.1 · Test series 11
Overall index (xhigh vs. high)Grok 4.7 ahead
Grok 4.7 103.3 vs. Mistral Medium 3.5 46.8

Gap and verdict compare only the Artificial Analysis test series in which both models are measured at that effort. Tied below 3 points, ahead only beyond two standard errors. The single values rest on all test series of each model, so their difference can deviate from the gap.

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 51.2
Maths and data analysisGrok 4.7Mathematics 94.8 to 56.9, Reasoning 102.2 to 34.5
Facts and researchGrok 4.7Knowledge 105.5 to 40.4
Agents and workflowsGrok 4.7Agents 107.4 to 53.9
Fast chat repliesMistral Medium 3.571 to 144 tokens per second
Security analysisopenCybersecurity without a score for Mistral Medium 3.5
Many requests on a small budgetabout the same$3 to $3 per 1M tokens
Finance, legal and medical textsGrok 4.7Finance 105.3 to 38.8, Legal 109.9 to 51.9, Health 106.1 to 50.1
Images, screenshots and PDFsGrok 4.7Multimodal 96.1 to 49.6

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 Medium 3.5

Mistral Medium 3.5: Pelican on a bicycle
A community classic for free-form SVG drawing.

Oct 1, 2026 · 39 s · $0.06

Test details
Run date
Oct 1, 2026
API provider
openrouter
Requested API model
mistralai/mistral-medium-3-5
Reasoning setting
high
Token limit including reasoning
8,192 tokens
Output tokens
8,128 tokens
Cost of the attempt
$0.0610
Response time
38.7 s
API model reported in response
mistralai/mistral-medium-3-5
Pinned endpoint
Mistral | mistralai/mistral-medium-3.5-20260430
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)

  • Sep 7, 2026API request failedReasoning setting: high
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 Medium 3.5

Mistral Medium 3.5: SVG short test

Oct 14, 2026 · $0.0039

Test details
Test run
Oct 14, 2026
Provider
mistral
API model
mistralai/mistral-medium-3-5
Output
502 tokens
Reasoning
API reports 0 reasoning tokens
Cost of the attempt
$0.0039
Test round
43b8c5c46830

Grok 4.7 and Mistral Medium 3.5 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 Medium 3.5high46.8

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 Medium 3.5: 61 to 37 out of 100.

Over time

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

Grok 4.7Mistral Medium 3.5

All data side by side

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

MetricGrok 4.7Mistral Medium 3.5
Intelligence
Overall indexpoints, 100 = reference group average, higher is better103.346.8
RankRank 21 of 91Rank 87 of 91
Price per 1M tokens
Inputwhat you send$2above 200,000 tokens: $4$1.50
Outputwhat the model writes$6above 200,000 tokens: $12$7.50
Cost per task (own tests)average of 1 test both passed$0.007$0.061
Speed
Tokens per second71144
Popularity
Popularitysearch, usage and mentions, 0 to 10061Rank 35 of 87537Rank 312 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, 2026Apr 28, 2026
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 Grok 4.7Muse Spark 1.3

Overall index 107.4, rank 15. $1.25 input and $4.25 output per 1M tokens.

Grok 4.7 vs. Muse Spark 1.3
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 Medium 3.5

Code MigrationOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 44.8%Mistral Medium 3.5: 5.1%Vals AIAs of 10/29/2026
EMBOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 67%Mistral Medium 3.5: 11.2%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
Finance Agent (v2)Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 52.3%Mistral Medium 3.5: 32.1%Vals AIAs of 10/29/2026
Legal Research BenchOverall · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 47.1%Mistral Medium 3.5: 9.1%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
LMArena Code Arena WebDevOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,637Mistral Medium 3.5: 1,264LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,441Mistral Medium 3.5: 1,426LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Vision, Style ControlOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,250Mistral Medium 3.5: 1,200LMArenaAs of 10/19/2026
MedCodeOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 49.6%Mistral Medium 3.5: 33.8%Vals AIAs of 10/29/2026
MedScribeOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 89.4%Mistral Medium 3.5: 67.7%Vals AIAs of 10/29/2026
ProofBench v1.1Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 26%Mistral Medium 3.5: 9%Vals AIAs of 10/29/2026
Show 54 more benchmarks
SAGEOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 88.7%Mistral Medium 3.5: 72%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
Tax Agent BenchOverall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 34.2%Mistral Medium 3.5: 4.5%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
Vibe Code Bench v1.1Overall · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 86.2%Mistral Medium 3.5: 2.9%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
Code MigrationCLI · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 36.4%Mistral Medium 3.5: 5%Vals AIAs of 10/29/2026
EMBComps · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 65%Mistral Medium 3.5: 18.1%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
Finance Agent (v2)Adjustments · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 46.3%Mistral Medium 3.5: 27.3%Vals AIAs of 10/29/2026
Legal Research BenchAdministrative / Regulatory · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 54.5%Mistral Medium 3.5: 7.6%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
LMArena Code Arena WebDevHTML development · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,629Mistral Medium 3.5: 1,308LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlBusiness, management and finance · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,437Mistral Medium 3.5: 1,431LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Vision, Style ControlChinese · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,267Mistral Medium 3.5: 1,217LMArenaAs of 10/19/2026
SAGEComputer Science · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 92.5%Mistral Medium 3.5: 72.6%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
Tax Agent BenchControversy & Precedence Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 13.3%Mistral Medium 3.5: 3.3%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
Code MigrationCOBOL · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 70%Mistral Medium 3.5: 5.5%Vals AIAs of 10/29/2026
EMBDataroom · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 83.6%Mistral Medium 3.5: 13.4%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
Finance Agent (v2)All-Pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 42.1%Mistral Medium 3.5: 21.6%Vals AIAs of 10/29/2026
Legal Research BenchAdministrative / Regulatory · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 87.2%Mistral Medium 3.5: 67.5%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
LMArena Code Arena WebDevReact development · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,663Mistral Medium 3.5: 1,254LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlChinese · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,495Mistral Medium 3.5: 1,448LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Vision, Style ControlCreative writing with images · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,231Mistral Medium 3.5: 1,195LMArenaAs of 10/19/2026
SAGELinear Algebra · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 83.1%Mistral Medium 3.5: 64.8%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
Tax Agent BenchControversy & Precedence Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 62.7%Mistral Medium 3.5: 18.4%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
Code MigrationCode Quality · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 4.105 / 5Mistral Medium 3.5: 2.987 / 5Vals AIAs of 10/29/2026
EMBDCF · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 58.2%Mistral Medium 3.5: 2.2%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
Finance Agent (v2)Comparables · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 42.2%Mistral Medium 3.5: 31.5%Vals AIAs of 10/29/2026
Legal Research BenchBusiness & Commercial · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 44.2%Mistral Medium 3.5: 9.3%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
LMArena Code Arena WebDevWeb development · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,637Mistral Medium 3.5: 1,264LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlCoding · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,494Mistral Medium 3.5: 1,477LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Vision, Style ControlDiagram understanding · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,280Mistral Medium 3.5: 1,242LMArenaAs of 10/19/2026
SAGEPartial Differential Equations · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 87.7%Mistral Medium 3.5: 81.2%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
Tax Agent BenchCurrent & Temporal Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 46.7%Mistral Medium 3.5: 6.5%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
EMBLBO · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 56.9%Mistral Medium 3.5: 9.6%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
Finance Agent (v2)Disclosure Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 64.5%Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.2%Vals AIAs of 10/29/2026
Legal Research BenchBusiness & Commercial · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 87.4%Mistral Medium 3.5: 71.3%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlCreative writing · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,418Mistral Medium 3.5: 1,400LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Vision, Style ControlEnglish · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,245Mistral Medium 3.5: 1,216LMArenaAs of 10/19/2026
Tax Agent BenchCurrent & Temporal Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 74.5%Mistral Medium 3.5: 29.4%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
EMBM&A · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 76.3%Mistral Medium 3.5: 10.7%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
Finance Agent (v2)Earnings Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 74.6%Mistral Medium 3.5: 42.1%Vals AIAs of 10/29/2026
Legal Research BenchCivil Litigation · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 44.4%Mistral Medium 3.5: 11.1%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlEnglish · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,454Mistral Medium 3.5: 1,444LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Vision, Style ControlHomework · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,324Mistral Medium 3.5: 1,217LMArenaAs of 10/19/2026
Tax Agent BenchFact-Pattern Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 34.9%Mistral Medium 3.5: 2.3%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
EMBMisc · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 65%Mistral Medium 3.5: 14.1%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
Finance Agent (v2)Financial Modeling · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 17.7%Mistral Medium 3.5: 5.1%Vals AIAs of 10/29/2026
Legal Research BenchCivil Litigation · Weighted partial credit · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 90%Mistral Medium 3.5: 66%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlEntertainment, sports and media · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,416Mistral Medium 3.5: 1,396LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
LMArena Vision, Style ControlOptical character recognition · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,261Mistral Medium 3.5: 1,215LMArenaAs of 10/19/2026
Tax Agent BenchFact-Pattern Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 64.3%Mistral Medium 3.5: 24.4%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
EMBOperating · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 64%Mistral Medium 3.5: 10.2%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026
Finance Agent (v2)General Qualitative Analysis · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 68.7%Mistral Medium 3.5: 47.9%Vals AIAs of 10/29/2026
Legal Research BenchConstitutional / Civil Rights · All-pass · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 42.1%Mistral Medium 3.5: 10.5%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
LMArena Text, Style ControlExcluding ties · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 1,439Mistral Medium 3.5: 1,420LMArenaAs of 10/28/2026
Tax Agent BenchForms & Filings · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 30%Mistral Medium 3.5: 0%Vals AIAs of 11/05/2026
EMBScratch · higher is betterTest setup not documented as identicalGrok 4.7: 67.8%Mistral Medium 3.5: 15%Vals AIAs of 10/20/2026

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