Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) vs Ministral 3 8B
Which is better for the money: Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) by SpaceXAI or Ministral 3 8B by Mistral? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) scores 40.9 points higher (46.4 vs 5.5) but costs 181× as much to run the benchmark ($4967 vs $27.5; flagship vs budget cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) when you need intelligence above 5.5, and Ministral 3 8B when 5.5 is enough.
| Metric | Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) | Ministral 3 8B | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 46.4 | 5.5 | −88.1% Ministral 3 8B is 88.1% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $4,967.35 | $27.47 | −99.4% Ministral 3 8B is 99.4% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 46.09s | 4.90s | −89.4% Ministral 3 8B is 89.4% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $6.00 | $0.15 / $0.15 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Ministral 3 8B vs Grok 4.7 (Xhigh): 88.1% less intelligence, 99.4% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 89.4% faster end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (Xhigh, Default Fallback) scores 56.00 for $4057.
- Ministral 3 8B is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Low) scores 21.50 for $10.6.
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