Is Grok 3 or Mistral Nemo cheaper?

Per-token pricing isn't published for at least one of these models, check each model's spec page for current rates.

Which has the larger context window?

Both Grok 3 and Mistral Nemo ship a 128K-token context window.

Is Grok 3 or Mistral Nemo better for coding?

Both Grok 3 and Mistral Nemo are competitive on coding benchmarks. See each model's individual spec page for HumanEval and SWE-bench scores where published. For an opinionated pick, consult our Best LLM for Coding ranking.

When were Grok 3 and Mistral Nemo released?

Grok 3 was released by xAI on 2025-02-17. Mistral Nemo was released by Mistral on 2024-07-18.

Is Grok 3 or Mistral Nemo cheaper?

Per-token pricing isn't published for at least one of these models, check each model's spec page for current rates.

Which has the larger context window?

Both Grok 3 and Mistral Nemo ship a 128K-token context window.

Is Grok 3 or Mistral Nemo better for coding?

Both Grok 3 and Mistral Nemo are competitive on coding benchmarks. See each model's individual spec page for HumanEval and SWE-bench scores where published. For an opinionated pick, consult our Best LLM for Coding ranking.

When were Grok 3 and Mistral Nemo released?

Grok 3 was released by xAI on 2025-02-17. Mistral Nemo was released by Mistral on 2024-07-18.

Grok 3 vs Mistral Nemo

A complete head-to-head: pricing, context window, benchmarks, modality coverage, and openness, with a programmatic verdict synthesized from the underlying data.

UpdatedApr 30, 2026

Grok 3 specs · Mistral Nemo specs

Verdict by category

PriceGrok 3
Grok 3 publishes pricing ($15.00 / 1M output tokens) while Mistral Nemo does not.
Context windowTie
Both ship a 128K-token context window.
BenchmarksTie
No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores.
ModalitiesGrok 3
Grok 3 supports 2 modalities (text, vision) vs 1 for Mistral Nemo.
OpennessMistral Nemo
Mistral Nemo ships open weights (Apache-2.0); Grok 3 is API-only.

On balance Grok 3 edges ahead, winning 2 of 5 categories against Mistral Nemo's 1. Grok 3 publishes pricing ($15.00 / 1M output tokens) while Mistral Nemo does not. Both ship a 128K-token context window.

No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores. They differ in modality coverage, Grok 3 handles text, vision while Mistral Nemo handles text, which can be the deciding factor before you even look at benchmarks. Mistral Nemo ships open weights (Apache-2.0); Grok 3 is API-only.

Grok 3 is the newer of the two, released 7 months after Mistral Nemo, which usually means a more recent knowledge cutoff and updated safety post-training. Grok 3 is usually picked for chatbots and research agent workloads, while Mistral Nemo sees more deployments in edge deployment and local llm. If pricing matters more than every last benchmark point, run the numbers in the calculator below before committing.

Side-by-side specs

Spec	Grok 3	Mistral Nemo
Provider	xAI	Mistral
Released	Feb 2025	Jul 2024
Modalities	text, vision	text
Context window	128K tokens	128K tokens
Max output	,	,
Input · 1M	$3.00 / 1M tokens	Pricing not published
Output · 1M	$15.00 / 1M tokens	Pricing not published
Knowledge cutoff	2024-08	,
Open weights	No	Yes (Apache-2.0)
API available	Yes	Yes

Pricing at scale

What you'd actually pay at typical workloads. Numbers come from each model's published per-million-token rates.

Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day$31.50 vs ,
Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day$315 vs ,
RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day$540 vs ,

Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates).

Price calculator

Estimated spend for the listed models at your usage. Numbers are derived from each model's published per-million-token rates.

Input tokens / dayOutput tokens / dayHorizon

Grok 3$1.05
Mistral NemoPricing unavailable

Benchmarks compared

Only sourced numbers. Where a benchmark is missing for one model we show the available value rather than fabricating the other.

Benchmark scores not yet available. We only publish numbers we can source from official model cards or independent leaderboards, see methodology.

Pick Grok 3 if

Grok 3 fits when…

Real-time X access
Reasoning modes
Multimodal needs covering vision.

Pick Mistral Nemo if

Mistral Nemo fits when…

Apache-2.0
Single-GPU fit
Multilingual
Self-hosting and on-prem requirements, open weights (Apache-2.0).

Don't want either?

Consider Grok 4

xAI's mid-2025 flagship, top scores on Humanity's Last Exam at launch, with native real-time X integration.

See Grok 4 specs Grok 3 vs Grok 4 Mistral Nemo vs Grok 4

Frequently asked

Is Grok 3 or Mistral Nemo cheaper?
Per-token pricing isn't published for at least one of these models, check each model's spec page for current rates.
Which has the larger context window?
Both Grok 3 and Mistral Nemo ship a 128K-token context window.
Is Grok 3 or Mistral Nemo better for coding?
Both Grok 3 and Mistral Nemo are competitive on coding benchmarks. See each model's individual spec page for HumanEval and SWE-bench scores where published. For an opinionated pick, consult our Best LLM for Coding ranking.
Are either of these models open source?
Mistral Nemo ships open weights (Apache-2.0). Grok 3 is API-only.
When were Grok 3 and Mistral Nemo released?
Grok 3 was released by xAI on 2025-02-17. Mistral Nemo was released by Mistral on 2024-07-18.

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