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  5. Mistral Devstral Small 1.1vsGrok 4.7
Updated Sep 2026

Mistral Devstral Small 1.1vsGrok 4.7

Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 is cheaper than Grok 4.7 at $0.1/M vs $1.6/M input tokens.

Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 and Grok 4.7 compared across 10 shared prompts
SpecMistral Devstral Small 1.1Grok 4.7
Input price$0.1/M tokens$1.6/M tokens
Output price$0.3/M tokens$4.8/M tokens
Context window—500K tokens
WeightsOpenClosed
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedJul 2025Sep 2026
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 5 of the 10 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Debug This Architecture

Here's the architecture for a real-time collaborative document editor (like Google Docs): **System Overview:** - Frontend: React SPA with…

Mistral Devstral Small 1.1645 words
Potential Failure Modes, Race Conditions, and Scaling Bottlenecks WebSocket Connection Failures: Failure Mode: WebSocket connections can drop due to network issues or server crashes. Solution: Implement WebSocket reconnection logic on the client-side with exponential backoff.
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Grok 4.71,399 words
This design will lose edits, split users into inconsistent views, and fall over under concurrent writing. The core problems are clock-based conflict resolution, per-server WebSocket fan-out, polling as the sync path, and treating documents as full HTML snapshots.
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Simple 7-Ingredient Recipe

Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish…

Mistral Devstral Small 1.1254 words
Dish Name: "Pantry Pasta Primavera" Ingredients: Pasta (any shape, 8 oz or 225g) Canned tomatoes (14 oz or 400g) Onion (1 medium) Garlic (2 cloves) Olive oil (2 tbsp) Salt (1 tsp) Black pepper (½ tsp) Instructions: Boil the pasta: Cook the pasta according to package instructions until al dente.
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Grok 4.7129 words
Pantry Gold Honey Biscuits A sweet, buttery, slightly salty biscuit that tastes like it took more effort than it did. Ingredients (7) 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tbsp baking powder ½ tsp salt ¼ cup sugar ½ cup butter (cold) ¾ cup milk 2 tbsp honey Time: about 10 minutes prep, 12–15 minutes bake Instructions Heat the…
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Beginner's Longevity Plan

Outline a simple, actionable 1-month plan for someone starting their journey towards better health and longevity. Focus on 3 key areas…

Mistral Devstral Small 1.1514 words
1-Month Health and Longevity Plan Week 1: Foundation Building Diet: Start with Small Changes Begin by adding more fruits and vegetables to your meals. Replace sugary drinks with water or herbal tea. Aim for a balanced diet with lean proteins, whole grains, and healthy fats.
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Grok 4.7442 words
1-month beginner plan for better health and longevity Focus on three foundations: nutrition, movement, and sleep. Aim for consistency over perfection. If you have a medical condition, check with a clinician before big changes. Week-by-week rhythm Week 1: Build awareness and one easy habit in each area.
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Explain Like I'm a Specific Expert

Explain how a large language model (like GPT or Claude) learns and generates text to each of these three audiences: 1. **An experienced…

Mistral Devstral Small 1.1508 words
Experienced Software Engineer Imagine a large language model like GPT or Claude as a sophisticated autocomplete system, but instead of just predicting the next word, it's predicting the next token (a piece of a word or punctuation).
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Grok 4.71,173 words
1. Experienced software engineer An LLM is a stateless function from a token sequence to a probability distribution over the next token. Training is a giant batch job: you stream text, run a forward pass, compare the predicted distribution to the actual next token with cross-entropy, and push gradients through billions…
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Startup Pitch Teardown

Here's a pitch deck summary for a startup called "MindMeld AI": **Slide 1 - Vision:** "We're building the future of human-AI collaboration.…

Mistral Devstral Small 1.1315 words
Weak Claim: "Our proprietary EEG headband uses advanced ML to decode neural patterns into text with 94% accuracy." Why it's weak: This claim is too vague and lacks concrete evidence.
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Grok 4.7599 words
Three weakest claims 1. “Predict what you want to type before you think it” (Slide 1) This is scientifically incoherent, not just ambitious. Non-invasive EEG decodes neural activity that is already underway (motor imagery, attempted speech, attention).
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Our Verdict
Grok 4.7
Grok 4.7
Mistral Devstral Small 1.1
Mistral Devstral Small 1.1Runner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Grok 4.7 has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.

Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 costs 16x less per token.

Slight edge
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Mistral Devstral Small 1.1
Input
$0.10
16× cheaper
Output
$0.30
16× cheaper
Grok 4.7
Input
$1.60
Output
$4.80

Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 is cheaper on both: 16× input, 16× output.

Where to run it

1 host

Mistral Devstral Small 1.1

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Grok 4.71 host
HostInOutContextUptime
xAI$1.60 in·$4.80 out·500k·98.9% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 23 Sep 2026.

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Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 is developed by Mistral AI while Grok 4.7 is developed by xAI. You can compare their actual outputs across 10 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 and Grok 4.7 each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 10 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 costs $0.1/M input tokens and Grok 4.7 costs $1.6/M input tokens. Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 is $1.50/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 and Grok 4.7 across shared challenges. You can vote on which model produced the better output in a blind duel. Browsing and voting are free. No account is needed to look; signing in only saves your votes and likes.

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