Grok 4.6 (Low) vs Mistral Medium 3.5
Which is better for the money: Grok 4.6 (Low) by SpaceXAI or Mistral Medium 3.5 by Mistral? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Grok 4.6 (Low)
Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Grok 4.6 (Low): 59.5% less intelligence, 105.9% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 33.7% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Grok 4.6 (Low) | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 35.1 | 14.2 | −59.5% Mistral Medium 3.5 is 59.5% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $613.92 | $1,263.80 | +105.9% Mistral Medium 3.5 is 2.1× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 13.22s | 17.68s | +33.7% Mistral Medium 3.5 is 33.7% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $6.00 | $1.50 / $7.50 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Grok 4.6 (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 50.20 for $521.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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