MISTRAL VS XAI
Magistral Medium vs Grok Build 0.1
Grok Build 0.1 is about 2.2x cheaper than Magistral Medium on a blended 3:1 input:output rate — the same 10K-in/2K-out request costs $0.014 vs $0.03. Grok Build 0.1 has the larger context window (256,000 vs 128,000 tokens).
Pricing verified
API pricing per 1M tokens
| Model | Input / 1M tokens | Output / 1M tokens | Blended (3:1 mix) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magistral Medium | $2.00 | $5.00 | $2.75 |
| Grok Build 0.1 | $1.00 | $2.00 | $1.25 |
Rates from official Mistral pricing and official xAI pricing, checked 2026-08-11.
What a real workload costs
Example: one request with 10,000 input tokens and 2,000 output tokens, then that request at 100,000 runs per month.
| Model | Per request (10K in / 2K out) | Per month (100K requests) | Monthly delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magistral Medium | $0.03 | $3,000 | +$1,600 |
| Grok Build 0.1 | $0.014 | $1,400 | — |
Model your own prompt sizes and volumes in the token cost analyzer, or check caching savings with the prompt caching calculator.
Specs side by side
| Spec | Magistral Medium | Grok Build 0.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral | xAI |
| Context window | 128,000 tokens | 256,000 tokens |
| Model class | Reasoning | General text |
| Tokenizer | Proprietary (counts estimated) | Proprietary (counts estimated) |
Count tokens for each model on its own page: Magistral Medium token counter and Grok Build 0.1 token counter. All Mistral models are on the Mistral Token Counter. All xAI models are on the Grok Token Counter.
FAQ
Magistral Medium vs Grok Build 0.1 FAQ
Which is cheaper, Magistral Medium or Grok Build 0.1?
Grok Build 0.1 is cheaper. At rates checked 2026-08-11, Magistral Medium costs $2.00 input / $5.00 output per 1M tokens, while Grok Build 0.1 costs $1.00 input / $2.00 output — about a 2.2x difference on a typical 3:1 input-heavy workload.
How much does a real request cost on Magistral Medium vs Grok Build 0.1?
A request with 10,000 input tokens and 2,000 output tokens costs about $0.03 on Magistral Medium and $0.014 on Grok Build 0.1. At 100,000 such requests per month that is $3,000 vs $1,400 — a difference of $1,600 per month.
Which has the bigger context window, Magistral Medium or Grok Build 0.1?
Grok Build 0.1. It supports 256,000 tokens of context versus 128,000 tokens — roughly 192,000 English words in one request.
Do Magistral Medium and Grok Build 0.1 count tokens the same way?
Not exactly. Magistral Medium uses a proprietary tokenizer (counts are estimates) and Grok Build 0.1 uses a proprietary tokenizer (counts are estimates). The same prompt will tokenize differently, which shifts effective cost per word.