Model comparison
Grok Build 0.1 vs Mistral Medium 3.5
Compare Grok Build 0.1 vs Mistral Medium 3.5 API pricing: input/output token costs, cache pricing, context windows, workload estimates, and routing fit.
Grok Build 0.1
xai · grok-build-0.1
- Input
- $1
- Output
- $2
- Context
- 256K
Mistral Medium 3.5
mistral · mistral/mistral-medium-3-5
- Input
- $1.5
- Output
- $7.5
- Context
- 262.1K
Quick take
Grok Build 0.1 has the lower input price at $1 per 1M input tokens. Grok Build 0.1 is cheaper for the example blended workload below. Mistral Medium 3.5 has the larger context window at 262.1K tokens.
Choose Grok Build 0.1 if...
- Grok Build 0.1 is the better default for cost-sensitive traffic and repeated high-volume calls.
Choose Mistral Medium 3.5 if...
- Mistral Medium 3.5 is safer for long documents, repository analysis, and RAG prompts because it has the larger context window.
Example workload cost
Estimates use input tokens plus 20% output tokens. They exclude provider discounts, cache hits, and tool/search surcharges.
| Workload | Grok Build 0.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M input + 200K output | $1.40 | $3.00 | Grok Build 0.1 |
| 10M input + 2M output | $14.00 | $30.00 | Grok Build 0.1 |
| 100M input + 20M output | $140.00 | $300.00 | Grok Build 0.1 |
Context, output, and capability fit
Mistral Medium 3.5 provides the larger context window. Check max output separately when the task needs long reports, code generation, or full-document rewrites.
- Grok Build 0.1 max output
- n/a
- Mistral Medium 3.5 max output
- n/a
- Grok Build 0.1 features
- prompt caching, function calling, vision
- Mistral Medium 3.5 features
- prompt caching, function calling, vision
Risk notes for Grok Build 0.1
- No major capability risk is flagged in this snapshot, but provider pages should still be verified before production routing.
Risk notes for Mistral Medium 3.5
- No major capability risk is flagged in this snapshot, but provider pages should still be verified before production routing.
Routing tags
budgetcodingreasoningagentslong-contextmultimodalcache-friendlyragfrontieropen-weightenterpriselocal-open