Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) vs Mistral Small 3.1
Which is better for the money: Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) by SpaceXAI or Mistral Small 3.1 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 39.3 points higher (46.4 vs 7.1) but costs 179× as much to run the benchmark ($4967 vs $27.8; flagship vs budget cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) when you need intelligence above 7.1, and Mistral Small 3.1 when 7.1 is enough.
| Metric | Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) | Mistral Small 3.1 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 46.4 | 7.1 | −84.7% Mistral Small 3.1 is 84.7% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $4,967.35 | $27.82 | −99.4% Mistral Small 3.1 is 99.4% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 40.07s | 11.78s | −70.6% Mistral Small 3.1 is 70.6% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $6.00 | $0.08 / $0.14 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Mistral Small 3.1 vs Grok 4.7 (Xhigh): 84.7% less intelligence, 99.4% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 70.6% 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 Small 3.1 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Low) scores 21.50 for $10.6.
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