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Mistral Medium vs Grok‑1

Mistral Mistral Medium vs xAI Grok‑1 — side-by-side specs.

Mistral
Mistral Medium
xAI
Grok‑1
Overview
CompanyMistralxAI
Release dateDec 2023Nov 3 2023
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapGrok‑1 shipped 28 days before Mistral Medium

Which is better: Mistral Medium or Grok‑1?

Mistral Medium and Grok‑1 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Grok‑1 shipped 28 days before Mistral Medium, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Grok‑1 is an open-source / open-weight model; Mistral Medium is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Mistral Medium released?
Mistral Medium was released by Mistral on Dec 2023.
When was Grok‑1 released?
Grok‑1 was released by xAI on Nov 3 2023.
Is Mistral Medium or Grok‑1 open source?
Grok‑1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by xAI. Mistral Medium is a proprietary model released by Mistral.

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