Grok 4.6 vs Mistral Small 4: side-by-side summary

Grok 4.6 and Mistral Small 4 are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

Grok 4.6, from SpaceXAI, has a 500,000-token context window and is priced at $2/M tokens input, $6/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Mistral Small 4, from Mistral AI, has a 262,144-token context window and is priced at $0.15/M tokens input, $0.60/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• Grok 4.6: 500,000 tokens
• Mistral Small 4: 262,144 tokens

Price

• Grok 4.6: $2/M tokens input, $6/M tokens output
• Mistral Small 4: $0.15/M tokens input, $0.60/M tokens output

Provided by

• Grok 4.6: SpaceXAI
• Mistral Small 4: Mistral AI

• Grok 4.6 model details, providers and pricing
• Mistral Small 4 model details, providers and pricing