Grok 4.1 Fast vs Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

Grok 4.1 Fast is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 83 to 28. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Grok 4.1 Fast's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 69.3 against 54.8. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 86 to 54.8.

Grok 4.1 Fast gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 64K for Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1.

Quick Verdict

Pick Grok 4.1 Fast if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1 only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Knowledge

Grok 4.1 Fast

Grok 4.1 Fast

77.5

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

71.4

94
MMLU
71.4
92
GPQA
-
90
SuperGPQA
-
88
OpenBookQA
-
81
MMLU-Pro
-
20
HLE
-

Coding

Grok 4.1 Fast

Grok 4.1 Fast

69.3

Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1

54.8

86
HumanEval
54.8
68
SWE-bench Verified
-
54
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

Grok 4.1 Fast
96
AIME 2023
-
98
AIME 2024
-
97
AIME 2025
-
92
HMMT Feb 2023
-
94
HMMT Feb 2024
-
93
HMMT Feb 2025
-
95
BRUMO 2025
-
89
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

Grok 4.1 Fast
90
SimpleQA
-
88
MuSR
-
87
BBH
-

Instruction Following

Grok 4.1 Fast
90
IFEval
-

Multilingual

Grok 4.1 Fast
88
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Grok 4.1 Fast or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1?

Grok 4.1 Fast is ahead overall, 83 to 28. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 86 and 54.8.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Grok 4.1 Fast or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1?

Grok 4.1 Fast has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 77.5 versus 71.4. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Grok 4.1 Fast or Mixtral 8x22B Instruct v0.1?

Grok 4.1 Fast has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 69.3 versus 54.8. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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