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Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) vs Mistral Large 3

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 12 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

Margin
10.1pts
← winning
50.4/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) #48 (Supported); Mistral Large 3 #113 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) and Mistral Large 3 share 12 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 1 result is unique to Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning); 4 to Mistral Large 3.

Updated July 23, 2026
Shared results
12
Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) only
1
Mistral Large 3 only
4
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) and Mistral Large 3 is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 12 shared benchmark results across 6 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) has the larger context window at 2M, compared with 128K for Mistral Large 3.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricGrok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)Mistral Large 3Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGrok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)Not availableMistral Large 3$0.5 input / $1.5 outputA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondGrok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)Not availableMistral Large 348 tok/sA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGrok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)Not availableMistral Large 31.04 sA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGrok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)2MMistral Large 3128KGrok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGrok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)Mistral Large 3Result
τ²-bench resultsSource 93.3%24.6%Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) leads
AA Agentic IndexSource 5.5%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 6.6%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 633Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkGrok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)Mistral Large 3Result
Vibe Code BenchSource 1.20%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 44.2%36.2%Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) leads
AA Coding IndexSource 20.1%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkGrok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)Mistral Large 3Result
AA-LCRSource 68.0%34.7%Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) leads
CritPtSource 2.9%0.0%Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkGrok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)Mistral Large 3Result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 30.6%15.9%Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 85.3%68.0%Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) leads
AA-HLESource 17.6%4.1%Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -28.7%-39.4%Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 25.3%24.1%Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 72.4%83.7%Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) leads
Multimodal
BenchmarkGrok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)Mistral Large 3Result
AA-MMMU-ProSource 63.3%55.7%Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) leads
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGrok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)Mistral Large 3Result
AA-IFBenchSource 52.7%36.2%Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) and Mistral Large 3 on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) and Mistral Large 3 today?

Mistral Large 3: $0.50 input / $1.50 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)
API / mo$0
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Mistral Large 3
API / mo$1,500
Self-host / mo$9,110
Break-even380M/day
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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