MISTRAL VS XAI
Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Grok Build 0.1
Grok Build 0.1 is about 2.4x cheaper than Mistral Medium 3.5 on a blended 3:1 input:output rate — the same 10K-in/2K-out request costs $0.014 vs $0.03. Mistral Medium 3.5 has the larger context window (262,144 vs 256,000 tokens).
Pricing verified
API pricing per 1M tokens
| Model | Input / 1M tokens | Output / 1M tokens | Blended (3:1 mix) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | $1.50 | $7.50 | $3.00 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | $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 | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Grok Build 0.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral | xAI |
| Context window | 262,144 tokens | 256,000 tokens |
| Model class | General text | General text |
| Tokenizer | Proprietary (counts estimated) | Proprietary (counts estimated) |
Count tokens for each model on its own page: Mistral Medium 3.5 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
Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Grok Build 0.1 FAQ
Which is cheaper, Mistral Medium 3.5 or Grok Build 0.1?
Grok Build 0.1 is cheaper. At rates checked 2026-08-11, Mistral Medium 3.5 costs $1.50 input / $7.50 output per 1M tokens, while Grok Build 0.1 costs $1.00 input / $2.00 output — about a 2.4x difference on a typical 3:1 input-heavy workload.
How much does a real request cost on Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Grok Build 0.1?
A request with 10,000 input tokens and 2,000 output tokens costs about $0.03 on Mistral Medium 3.5 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, Mistral Medium 3.5 or Grok Build 0.1?
Mistral Medium 3.5. It supports 262,144 tokens of context versus 256,000 tokens — roughly 197,000 English words in one request.
Do Mistral Medium 3.5 and Grok Build 0.1 count tokens the same way?
Not exactly. Mistral Medium 3.5 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.