Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) vs Mistral Medium 3.5
Which is better for the money: Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) by SpaceXAI or Mistral Medium 3.5 by Mistral? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) scores 32.2 points higher (46.4 vs 14.2) but costs 3.9× as much to run the benchmark ($4967 vs $1264; flagship vs premium cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) when you need intelligence above 14.2, and Mistral Medium 3.5 when 14.2 is enough.
| Metric | Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 46.4 | 14.2 | −69.4% Mistral Medium 3.5 is 69.4% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $4,967.35 | $1,263.80 | −74.6% Mistral Medium 3.5 is 74.6% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 35.66s | 17.66s | −50.5% Mistral Medium 3.5 is 50.5% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $6.00 | $1.50 / $7.50 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Grok 4.7 (Xhigh): 69.4% less intelligence, 74.6% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 50.5% 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.
- 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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