Grok 4.7 (Low) vs Mistral Medium 3.5

Which is better for the money: Grok 4.7 (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 2026-10-24.

Trade-off

SpaceXAIGrok 4.7 (Low)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 42.20
Total cost: $1631

MistralMistral Medium 3.5Off the frontier

Intelligence: 14.20
Total cost: $1264

Verdict

Depends on your budget

Grok 4.7 (Low) scores 28.0 points higher (42.2 vs 14.2) but costs 1.3× as much to run the benchmark ($1631 vs $1264; both premium class). Pick Grok 4.7 (Low) when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise Mistral Medium 3.5.

Metric	Grok 4.7 (Low)	Mistral Medium 3.5	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	42.2	14.2	−66.4% Mistral Medium 3.5 is 66.4% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$1,630.69	$1,263.80	−22.5% Mistral Medium 3.5 is 22.5% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	11.28s	17.96s	+59.2% Mistral Medium 3.5 is 59.2% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$2.00 / $6.00	$1.50 / $7.50
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Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Grok 4.7 (Low): 66.4% less intelligence, 22.5% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 59.2% slower end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

Grok 4.7 (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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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