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Grok 4.6 vs Mistral Large 4

Updated October 21, 2026. 78 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.

Replace Grok 4.6 Replace Mistral Large 4
Grok 4.6xAI
Coding
76.4
Overall
44.3
Output $/M
$6.00
55
Mistral Large 4Mistral AI
Coding
55.3
Overall
38.4
Output $/M
$4.18
22
vs boards won of 78 shared, 1 tied

Decision reading

Pick Grok 4.6 for coding: it scores 76.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 55.3 for Mistral Large 4.

Pick Mistral Large 4 when output tokens cost 1.4x less, or when the context window is larger, 1.05M against 500K tokens.

Model AGrok 4.6xAI76.4/1002 independent benchmarks$0.82 per solved taskModel BMistral Large 4Mistral AI55.3/1002 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task
Shared results
78
Grok 4.6 only
45
Mistral Large 4 only
3
Like-for-like categories
8 of 9

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Grok 4.6 76.4 from 2 benchmarks, Mistral Large 4 55.3 from 2 benchmarks.
Widest category
Agentic work, 21.6 points apart on average over 8 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LiveBench research: Grok 4.6 84.5% against Mistral Large 4 28.1%, 56.4 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Grok 4.6 $6.00 against Mistral Large 4 $4.18 per million output tokens, 1.4x apart.
Context window
Grok 4.6 takes 500K tokens, Mistral Large 4 1.05M.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGrok 4.6BarsMistral Large 4Ties
Coding104
Intelligence20
Agentic work71
Reasoning811 tie
Math51
Knowledge33
Web design90
General1112
All shared boards55221 tie
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index104
Coding benchmarks for Grok 4.6 and Mistral Large 4
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Mistral Large 4Leader
LiveBench coding89.1%60.0%Grok 4.6
LMArena WebDev16171543Grok 4.6
AA Coding Index76.8Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)88.2%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)95.6%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)17.2%27.8%Mistral Large 4
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)76.2%78.4%Mistral Large 4
Code migration (Vals AI)44.6%30.6%Grok 4.6
ProgramBench (Vals AI)1.0%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
IOI (Vals AI)47.6%45.3%Grok 4.6
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)78.3%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI)Not measured33.1%Only Mistral Large 4 measured
Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI)14.8%14.3%Grok 4.6
SkillsBench (Vals AI)55.8%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)67.7%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
SciCode56.5%54.2%Grok 4.6
FrontierCode48.0%39.4%Grok 4.6
FrontierSWE25.3%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
WeirdML67.3%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
ALE-Bench1508.11213.2Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: coding14661478Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: software and IT14571467Mistral Large 4
LMArena WebDev: React16311559Grok 4.6
LMArena WebDev: HTML15971487Grok 4.6
LMArena WebDev: from an image1603Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for Grok 4.6 and Mistral Large 4
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Mistral Large 4Leader
AA Intelligence Index44.338.4Grok 4.6
Epoch Capabilities Index156.6150.0Grok 4.6
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index71
Agentic work benchmarks for Grok 4.6 and Mistral Large 4
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Mistral Large 4Leader
AA Agentic Index53.0Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building web apps1247Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps1264Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building mobile apps1234Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building Android apps1297Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building Godot games1276Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: agents building games1208Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: HTML slides1249Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Design Arena: PowerPoint slides1241Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
LiveBench research84.5%28.1%Grok 4.6
LiveBench browser64.0%8.0%Grok 4.6
LiveBench long agentic40.7%11.8%Grok 4.6
Finance Agent (Vals AI)53.7%54.7%Mistral Large 4
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)33.1%30.4%Grok 4.6
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)48.1%31.7%Grok 4.6
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured17.5%Only Mistral Large 4 measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)62.7%56.2%Grok 4.6
BioMysteryBench (Vals AI)72.2%67.0%Grok 4.6
Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI)11.4%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Vals Science Index38.1%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Time Horizon Index (Vals AI)5.8%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
APEX-Agents65.3%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Vending-Bench 2$9,047Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index81
Reasoning benchmarks for Grok 4.6 and Mistral Large 4
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Mistral Large 4Leader
GPQA Diamond94.7%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
LiveBench reasoning91.2%83.9%Grok 4.6
MysteryMechanism (Vals AI)30.6%12.2%Grok 4.6
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)94.9%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)44.1%35.0%Grok 4.6
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)94.0%88.1%Grok 4.6
ARC-AGI87.5%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
ARC-AGI-267.1%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
SimpleBench75.9%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Chess puzzles33.0%33.0%Tie
Mystery game puzzles34.0%17.0%Grok 4.6
EBR-bench30.5%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14481444Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: expert14691444Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14451442Grok 4.6
LMArena Vision: diagrams12851288Mistral Large 4
LMArena Vision: homework1283Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index51
Math benchmarks for Grok 4.6 and Mistral Large 4
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Mistral Large 4Leader
OTIS Mock AIME99.2%98.3%Grok 4.6
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 366.0%58.6%Grok 4.6
FrontierMath, tier 431.7%26.8%Grok 4.6
ProofBench51.0%10.0%Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: math14171469Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: mathematical work14641462Grok 4.6
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index33
Knowledge benchmarks for Grok 4.6 and Mistral Large 4
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Mistral Large 4Leader
MMLU Pro89.4%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)86.3%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)66.2%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)71.1%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)64.2%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
MedCode (Vals AI)44.7%40.7%Grok 4.6
SimpleQA Verified49.3%20.0%Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: science14371448Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14201433Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: legal and government14291425Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: business and finance14161439Mistral Large 4
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index90
Web design benchmarks for Grok 4.6 and Mistral Large 4
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Mistral Large 4Leader
Design Arena: websites12891258Grok 4.6
Design Arena: UI components12941275Grok 4.6
Design Arena: game dev12961226Grok 4.6
Design Arena: data viz12831274Grok 4.6
Design Arena: 3D12771253Grok 4.6
Design Arena: all code categories12921259Grok 4.6
Design Arena: SVG12391232Grok 4.6
Design Arena: ASCII art12781203Grok 4.6
LiveBench design79.8%65.6%Grok 4.6
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1112
General benchmarks for Grok 4.6 and Mistral Large 4
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Mistral Large 4Leader
LiveBench data analysis75.3%76.5%Mistral Large 4
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)66.8%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
SAGE (Vals AI)28.9%Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)86.5%80.4%Grok 4.6
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)81.0%81.3%Mistral Large 4
DTBench97.3%88.2%Grok 4.6
LMCA48.5%35.8%Grok 4.6
Surface Evolver BenchNot measured28.1%Only Mistral Large 4 measured
Furniture assembly40.0%20.8%Grok 4.6
LMArena Text14291431Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: instruction following14311422Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: creative writing14261363Grok 4.6
LMArena Vision12631272Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: English14331433Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: non-English14201422Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: Chinese14761492Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: German1426Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena Text: Japanese13781415Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: Korean1391Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena Text: French14551492Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: Spanish14141455Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: Russian14211417Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: Polish1430Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn14251435Mistral Large 4
LMArena Text: longer queries14561428Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: writing and language14291386Grok 4.6
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14211378Grok 4.6
LMArena Vision: English12701283Mistral Large 4
LMArena Vision: Chinese1289Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena Vision: reading text12721284Mistral Large 4
LMArena Vision: humor1270Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1262Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
LMArena Document1452Not measuredOnly Grok 4.6 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Grok 4.6 and Mistral Large 4
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Mistral Large 4Leader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Grok 4.6$0.0050Fits in one request
Mistral Large 4$0.0034Fits in one request

Mistral Large 4 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Grok 4.6$0.118Fits in one request
Mistral Large 4$0.081Fits in one request

Mistral Large 4 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Grok 4.6$0.460Fits in one request
Mistral Large 4$0.314Fits in one request

Mistral Large 4 costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Grok 4.6 and Mistral Large 4
SpecificationSpaceXAI Grok 4.6Mistral Large 4
MakerxAIMistral AI
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedAugust 12, 2026October 6, 2026
Context window500K1.05M
Input $/Mtok$2.00$1.36
Output $/Mtok$6.00$4.18
Coding index76.455.3
Independent measurements behind it22
Cost per solved task$0.82Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Grok 4.6 better than Mistral Large 4 for coding?

Pick Grok 4.6 for coding: it scores 76.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 55.3 for Mistral Large 4. Pick Mistral Large 4 when output tokens cost 1.4x less, or when the context window is larger, 1.05M against 500K tokens.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.6 or Mistral Large 4?

Grok 4.6 costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $6.00 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 4 costs $1.36 and $4.18. Cost per solved task is known for Grok 4.6 only.

Which has the bigger context window, Grok 4.6 or Mistral Large 4?

Mistral Large 4, with 1.05M tokens against 500K.

How many benchmarks is the Grok 4.6 vs Mistral Large 4 comparison based on?

78 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Grok 4.6's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and Mistral Large 4's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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