Which model is better: Grok 3 Mini or Mistral Large 2 (2411)?
Grok 3 Mini is 85.0% cheaper for input tokens ($0.30 vs. $2.00 per 1M tokens) and $1.20 vs. $6.00 for output tokens (6.7x cost advantage). In terms of operational performance, Grok 3 Mini delivers lower response latency at 150ms TTFT (230ms faster than Mistral Large 2 (2411)) with 160 vs. 75 tok/s throughput. Grok 3 Mini leads coding evaluations at 54.0% SWE-bench Verified vs. 45.2% for Mistral Large 2 (2411) and 68.0% vs. 54.2% on GPQA Diamond.
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Verified Performance & Unit Economics Delta (12 Dimensions)
Daily synchronized metrics across token pricing, prompt cache economics, latency, throughput, and 5 capability benchmarks.
Metric / Dimension
Grok 3 Mini
Mistral Large 2 (2411)
Net Delta / Advantage
Input Cost / 1M Tokens
$0.30
$2.00
Grok 3 Mini is 6.7x cheaper
Output Cost / 1M Tokens
$1.20
$6.00
Grok 3 Mini (80.0% lower)
Prompt Cache Read / 1M
$0.080
$0.200
Grok 3 Mini is 2.5x cheaper
Prompt Cache Write / 1M
$0.30
$2.00
Grok 3 Mini is 6.7x cheaper
Context Window (Max Output)
131k (16k out)
131k (8k out)
Equal Context Window
Avg TTFT Response Latency
150ms
380ms
Grok 3 Mini (230ms faster)
Generation Speed (Throughput)
160 tok/s
75 tok/s
Grok 3 Mini (+85 tok/s faster)
SWE-bench Verified (Coding)
54%
45.2%
Grok 3 Mini (+8.8% lead)
GPQA Diamond (PhD STEM)
68%
54.2%
Grok 3 Mini (+13.8% lead)
MMLU-Pro (Multi-Discipline)
80%
74.8%
Grok 3 Mini (+5.2% lead)
MATH-500 (Quantitative Logic)
87%
76.5%
Grok 3 Mini (+10.5% lead)
Inference Value Score (IVR)
69.2 / 100
50.1 / 100
Grok 3 Mini (+19.1 pts)
Interactive Monthly Token Economics & ROI Forecaster
Model production workloads across prompt, completion, and cached context tokens, or switch models on the fly.
Choose Grok 3 Mini (xAI) for high-speed reasoning model providing rapid answers and code generation with chain-of-thought capabilities at edge pricing — offering a 131k context window, 150ms TTFT, and $0.30/1M input pricing ($0.080/1M cached reads).
Choose Mistral Large 2 (2411) (Mistral AI) for sovereign enterprise multilingual flagship tuned for reasoning, strict JSON schemas, and European regulatory compliance — offering a 131k context window, 380ms TTFT, and $2.00/1M input pricing ($0.200/1M cached reads).
Which is cheaper: Grok 3 Mini or Mistral Large 2 (2411)?
Grok 3 Mini is cheaper at $0.30/1M input tokens ($1.20/1M output) compared to $2.00/1M input ($6.00/1M output) for Mistral Large 2 (2411).
Which model has lower TTFT latency and higher tok/s throughput: Grok 3 Mini or Mistral Large 2 (2411)?
Grok 3 Mini delivers faster first-token latency at 150ms TTFT (160 tok/s throughput) compared to 380ms TTFT (75 tok/s) for Mistral Large 2 (2411).
How do Grok 3 Mini and Mistral Large 2 (2411) compare on SWE-bench coding and GPQA Diamond reasoning?
On SWE-bench Verified software engineering, Grok 3 Mini scores 54% versus 45.2% for Mistral Large 2 (2411). On GPQA Diamond graduate-level STEM reasoning, Grok 3 Mini scores 68% versus 54.2% for Mistral Large 2 (2411) (and 87% vs 76.5% on MATH-500).
When should you choose Grok 3 Mini?
Choose Grok 3 Mini (xAI) for high-speed reasoning model providing rapid answers and code generation with chain-of-thought capabilities at edge pricing — offering a 131k context window, 150ms TTFT, and $0.30/1M input pricing ($0.080/1M cached reads).
When should you choose Mistral Large 2 (2411)?
Choose Mistral Large 2 (2411) (Mistral AI) for sovereign enterprise multilingual flagship tuned for reasoning, strict JSON schemas, and European regulatory compliance — offering a 131k context window, 380ms TTFT, and $2.00/1M input pricing ($0.200/1M cached reads).
