Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 vs xAI: Grok 4
Compare Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 by Mistral AI against xAI: Grok 4 by xAI, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
xAI: Grok 4
Mistral Devstral Small 1.1Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, xAI: Grok 4 has the edge — bigger model tier, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 is 50x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Mistral Devstral Small 1.1
Input
$0.10
30× cheaper
Output
$0.30
50× cheaper
xAI: Grok 4
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 is cheaper on both — 30× input, 50× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
56%
xAI: Grok 4 uses 7.0x more emoji
Mistral Devstral Small 1.1
xAI: Grok 4
50%Vocabulary53%
17wSentence Length18w
0.56Hedging0.67
4.3Bold2.7
5.7Lists2.7
0.00Emoji0.07
0.05Headings0.86
0.34Transitions0.04
Based on 21 + 21 text responses
Research
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