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Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Grok 2.5

Mistral
Mistral Medium 3.5
SpaceXAI
Grok 2.5
Overview
CompanyMistralSpaceXAI
Release dateApr 29 2026Aug 2025
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Specifications
Parameters
128B
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
77.6%
Timeline
Release gapGrok 2.5 shipped 271 days before Mistral Medium 3.5

Which is better: Mistral Medium 3.5 or Grok 2.5?

Mistral Medium 3.5 and Grok 2.5 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Grok 2.5 shipped 271 days before Mistral Medium 3.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Medium 3.5 is open weight, while Grok 2.5 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Mistral Medium 3.5 and Grok 2.5 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Mistral Medium 3.5 was released by Mistral on Apr 29 2026.

Grok 2.5 was released by SpaceXAI on Aug 2025.

Mistral Medium 3.5 is an open weight model released by Mistral. Grok 2.5 is a proprietary model released by SpaceXAI.

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