Grok 4.6 vs Mistral Medium 3.5.
model vs model · prices as of
Grok 4.6 takes 2 of 5 rounds against Mistral Medium 3.5. Both cost $12 per million tokens to run.
xAIwins 2 roundsGrok 4.6
$12/M tokens
xAI list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $1.56 per 1,000 pages
500k context · tool calling · reads images
Mistral AIMistral Medium 3.5
$12/M tokens
Mistral AI list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $1.35 per 1,000 pages
262k context · tool calling · reads images
List price in (lower wins)
$2/M
$1.50/M
List price out (lower wins)
$6/M
$7.50/M
Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)
none below list
none below list
Standard price (lower wins)
$12/M
$12/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$1.56
$1.35
Context
500k tokens
262k tokens
Open weights
no
not stated
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
yes
Reads images
yes
yes
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
12 Aug 2026
30 Apr 2026
Providers selling it
34
11
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
no provider to check
no provider to check
Providers selling both · 8
Eden AI$12 / $12
Kilo Gateway$12 / $12
NanoGPT$12 / $12
Nous Portal$12 / $12
OpenRouter$12 / $12
Vercel AI Gateway$12 / $12
Requesty$12 / $13.20
TrustedRouter$12.66 / $12.66
Grok 4.6 then Mistral Medium 3.5, per million tokens
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or switch the weighting, in the tool.
What moved in the last seven days
- Grok 4.6Nous Portal$1.60 / $4.80 $2 / $625% dearer ·
- Mistral Medium 3.5
Cortecs$1.44 / $7.38 $1.59 / $8.1210% dearer · - Mistral Medium 3.5Nous Portal$1.20 / $6 $1.50 / $7.5025% dearer ·
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Grok 4.6 or Mistral Medium 3.5?
- Neither: both run at $12 per million tokens, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Grok 4.6: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $12 is the number to beat. Mistral Medium 3.5: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $12 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 8 providers sell both: Eden AI, Kilo Gateway, NanoGPT, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.
- Which holds more context?
- Grok 4.6, at 500k tokens against 262k.
Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.