Grok 4.7 (Low) vs Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Grok 4.7 (Low) by SpaceXAI or Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) by Mistral? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Grok 4.7 (Low) scores 30.9 points higher (42.2 vs 11.3) but costs 38× as much to run the benchmark ($1631 vs $42.5; premium vs budget cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Grok 4.7 (Low) when you need intelligence above 11.3, and Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) when 11.3 is enough.
| Metric | Grok 4.7 (Low) | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 42.2 | 11.3 | −73.2% Mistral Small 4 (Reas… is 73.2% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,630.69 | $42.50 | −97.4% Mistral Small 4 (Reas… is 97.4% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 13.64s | 14.77s | +8.3% Mistral Small 4 (Reas… is 8.3% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $6.00 | $0.15 / $0.60 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) vs Grok 4.7 (Low): 73.2% less intelligence, 97.4% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 8.3% slower end-to-end.
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 Small 4 (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Medium) scores 29.90 for $31.2.
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