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Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Grok 4.3 Beta

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Mistral
Mistral Medium 3.5
xAI
Grok 4.3 Beta
Overview
CompanyMistralxAI
Release dateApr 29 2026Apr 17 2026
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
128B
Context window
256k
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
77.6%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapGrok 4.3 Beta shipped 12 days before Mistral Medium 3.5

Which is better: Mistral Medium 3.5 or Grok 4.3 Beta?

Mistral Medium 3.5 leads Grok 4.3 Beta on 1 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Grok 4.3 Beta shipped 12 days before Mistral Medium 3.5, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Medium 3.5 is an open-source / open-weight model; Grok 4.3 Beta 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 3.5 released?
Mistral Medium 3.5 was released by Mistral on Apr 29 2026.
When was Grok 4.3 Beta released?
Grok 4.3 Beta was released by xAI on Apr 17 2026.
Is Mistral Medium 3.5 or Grok 4.3 Beta open source?
Mistral Medium 3.5 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Grok 4.3 Beta is a proprietary model released by xAI.

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