xAI: Grok 4.5 vs Mistral Large
Compare xAI: Grok 4.5 by xAI against Mistral Large by Mistral AI, context windows of 500K vs 32K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
xAI: Grok 4.5
Mistral LargeRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, xAI: Grok 4.5 has the edge — newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
xAI: Grok 4.5 is 4.0x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
xAI: Grok 4.5
Input
$2.00
4.0× cheaper
Output
$6.00
4.0× cheaper
Mistral Large
Input
$8.00
Output
$24.00
xAI: Grok 4.5 is cheaper on both — 4.0× input, 4.0× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
37%
Mistral Large uses 3.8x more hedging
xAI: Grok 4.5
Mistral Large
61%Vocabulary49%
16wSentence Length19w
0.23Hedging0.86
2.5Bold8.9
2.4Lists5.4
0.09Emoji0.31
0.48Headings1.01
0.06Transitions0.10
Based on 27 + 16 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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