Grok 3 vs Mistral Large 24.07

Performance benchmarks + pricing comparison — updated April 2026

Grok 3

xAI

xAI's flagship model. Strong general-purpose capability with real-time knowledge access through X platform integration.

Input	$3.00/M
Output	$15.00/M
Context	128K tokens
Best For	General coding, research tasks, current-event-aware applications
Benchmark	70/100

Mistral

Mistral's enterprise-grade large model. Strong multilingual and coding capabilities.

Input	$2.00/M
Output	$6.00/M
Context	128K tokens
Best For	Enterprise applications, multilingual tasks, coding

Estimated cost per project with 30% cache hit rate. Actual costs may vary based on usage patterns.

Scenario	Grok 3	Mistral Large 24.07	Savings
Small Script (1K lines)	$0.55	$0.25	Mistral Large 24.07 saves $0.30 (55%)
Medium Feature (10K lines)	$4.05	$1.90	Mistral Large 24.07 saves $2.15 (53%)
Large Project (50K lines)	$20.25	$9.50	Mistral Large 24.07 saves $10.75 (53%)
Code Review (5K lines)	$0.90	$0.50	Mistral Large 24.07 saves $0.40 (44%)

Mistral Large 24.07 wins on both price and performance — $2.00/M input with a benchmark score of N/A/100.

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