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Model comparison

Grok 4.5 vs Mistral Large 3

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 14 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.

81/100
Margin
34.0pts
← winning
47/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Evidence parity. Grok 4.5 and Mistral Large 3 share 14 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 13 results are unique to Grok 4.5; 3 to Mistral Large 3.

Updated July 14, 2026
Shared results
14
Grok 4.5 only
13
Mistral Large 3 only
3
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Grok 4.5 and Mistral Large 3 is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 14 shared benchmark results across 5 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 4.5 is priced at $2.00 input / $6.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.50 input / $1.50 output per 1M tokens for Mistral Large 3. Grok 4.5 has the larger context window at 500K, 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.

Category scores and score margins for Grok 4.5 and Mistral Large 3
CategoryGrok 4.5ΔMistral Large 3
AgenticGrok 4.583.3MarginNo overlapMistral Large 3Not measured
CodingGrok 4.564.7MarginNo overlapMistral Large 3Not measured

Operational comparison

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

MetricGrok 4.5Mistral Large 3Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGrok 4.5$2 input / $6 outputMistral Large 3$0.5 input / $1.5 outputMistral Large 3 has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondGrok 4.5Not availableMistral Large 348 tok/sA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGrok 4.5Not availableMistral Large 31.04 sA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGrok 4.5500KMistral Large 3128KGrok 4.5 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Mistral Large 3Result
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 83.3%Not comparable
deepSweSource 53%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 45.7%5.5%Grok 4.5 leads
GDPval-AASource 51.9%6.6%Grok 4.5 leads
GDPval-AASource 1539633Grok 4.5 leads
AA BriefcaseSource 1324Not comparable
AA AutomationBenchSource 51.4%Not comparable
AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource 40.8%Not comparable
AA Harvey LABSource 13.3%Not comparable
AA Tau3 BankingSource 32.6%Not comparable
Tau2-TelecomSource 24.6%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Mistral Large 3Result
SWE-bench ProSource 64.7%Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource 78%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 83.3%Not comparable
cursorBench32Source 66.7%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 72.5%20.1%Grok 4.5 leads
AA-SciCodeSource 54.1%36.2%Grok 4.5 leads
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Source 81.6%Not comparable
Terminal-Bench HardSource 15.9%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Mistral Large 3Result
AA-LCRSource 67.7%34.7%Grok 4.5 leads
CritPtSource 15.4%0.0%Grok 4.5 leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Mistral Large 3Result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 53.8%15.9%Grok 4.5 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 93.1%68.0%Grok 4.5 leads
AA-HLESource 40.3%4.1%Grok 4.5 leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 26.4%-39.4%Grok 4.5 leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 52.1%24.1%Grok 4.5 leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 53.5%83.7%Grok 4.5 leads
Multimodal
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Mistral Large 3Result
AA-MMMU-ProSource 80.4%55.7%Grok 4.5 leads
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1329Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Mistral Large 3Result
AA-IFBenchSource 36.2%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Grok 4.5 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 4.5 and Mistral Large 3 today?

Grok 4.5: $2.00 input / $6.00 output per 1M tokens 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 4.5
API / mo$6,000
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 14, 2026

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