Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) vs Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) by SpaceXAI or Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) by Mistral? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) scores 35.1 points higher (46.4 vs 11.3) but costs 117× as much to run the benchmark ($4967 vs $42.5; flagship vs budget cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) when you need intelligence above 11.3, and Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) when 11.3 is enough.
| Metric | Grok 4.7 (Xhigh) | Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 46.4 | 11.3 | −75.6% Mistral Small 4 (Reas… is 75.6% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $4,967.35 | $42.50 | −99.1% Mistral Small 4 (Reas… is 99.1% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 40.31s | 14.50s | −64.0% Mistral Small 4 (Reas… is 64.0% faster |
| 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 (Xhigh): 75.6% less intelligence, 99.1% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 64.0% 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 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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