Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
xAI
Grok 4 Heavy was created as a larger, more capable variant of Grok 4, designed to provide maximum reasoning depth and analytical capability. Built for the most demanding applications requiring sophisticated problem-solving, it represents xAI's flagship offering in the fourth generation.
Mistral AI
Pixtral 12B was introduced as Mistral's multimodal vision-language model, designed to understand and reason about both images and text. Built with 12 billion parameters for integrated visual and textual processing, it extends Mistral's capabilities into multimodal applications.
9 months newer

Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI
2024-09-17

Grok-4 Heavy
xAI
2025-07-09
Context window and performance specifications
Grok-4 Heavy
2024-12-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

Grok-4 Heavy

Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI

Grok-4 Heavy

Pixtral-12B

Grok-4 Heavy

Pixtral-12B