Model comparison
Grok 4.3 vs Mistral Small 4
Compare Grok 4.3 vs Mistral Small 4 API pricing: input/output token costs, cache pricing, context windows, workload estimates, and routing fit.
Grok 4.3
xai · grok-4.3
- Input
- $1.25
- Output
- $2.5
- Context
- 1M
Mistral Small 4
mistral · mistral/mistral-small-2603
- Input
- $0.15
- Output
- $0.6
- Context
- 256K
Quick take
Mistral Small 4 has the lower input price at $0.15 per 1M input tokens. Mistral Small 4 is cheaper for the example blended workload below. Grok 4.3 has the larger context window at 1M tokens.
Choose Grok 4.3 if...
- Grok 4.3 is safer for long documents, repository analysis, and RAG prompts because it has the larger context window.
Choose Mistral Small 4 if...
- Mistral Small 4 is the better default for cost-sensitive traffic and repeated high-volume calls.
Example workload cost
Estimates use input tokens plus 20% output tokens. They exclude provider discounts, cache hits, and tool/search surcharges.
| Workload | Grok 4.3 | Mistral Small 4 | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M input + 200K output | $1.75 | $0.27 | Mistral Small 4 |
| 10M input + 2M output | $17.50 | $2.70 | Mistral Small 4 |
| 100M input + 20M output | $175.00 | $27.00 | Mistral Small 4 |
Context, output, and capability fit
Grok 4.3 provides the larger context window. Check max output separately when the task needs long reports, code generation, or full-document rewrites.
- Grok 4.3 max output
- n/a
- Mistral Small 4 max output
- n/a
- Grok 4.3 features
- prompt caching, function calling, vision
- Mistral Small 4 features
- prompt caching, function calling, vision
Risk notes for Grok 4.3
- No major capability risk is flagged in this snapshot, but provider pages should still be verified before production routing.
Risk notes for Mistral Small 4
- No major capability risk is flagged in this snapshot, but provider pages should still be verified before production routing.
Routing tags
frontierreasoningcodingagentslong-contextmultimodalcache-friendlyragbudgetopen-weightenterpriselocal-open