Grok 3 vs Mistral Small 4
Compare Grok 3 by xAI against Mistral Small 4 by Mistral AI, context windows of 128K vs 262K, tested across 52 shared challenges. Updated May 2026.
Which is better, Grok 3 or Mistral Small 4?
Grok 3 and Mistral Small 4 are both competitive models. Context windows: 128K vs 262K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between Grok 3 and Mistral Small 4
Grok 3 is made by xai while Mistral Small 4 is from mistral. Grok 3 has a 128K token context window compared to Mistral Small 4's 262K.
API pricing
Per 1M tokens
Grok 3
Input
—
Output
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Mistral Small 4
Input
$0.15
Output
$0.60
Our Verdict
Grok 3
Mistral Small 4
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Too close to call
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
56%
Mistral Small 4 uses 4.8x more emoji
Grok 3
Mistral Small 4
49%Vocabulary50%
18wSentence Length18w
0.94Hedging0.58
2.5Bold9.0
3.0Lists5.6
0.04Emoji0.19
0.65Headings1.10
0.08Transitions0.12
Based on 17 + 23 text responses
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