Model comparison
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs Mistral Medium 3.5
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.2 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Medium 3.5 in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Medium 3.5 leads 58.5 to 47.3.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Medium 3.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 37.7 | 40.2 |
| Released | 2024-08-13 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 210K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199), Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1269 | 1461 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1264 |
Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159), Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1255 | 1436 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 41.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 12.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 141.35 |
Math Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185), Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1265 | 1431 |
Knowledge Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200), Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1238 | 1432 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1223 |
Multilingual Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208), Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1257 | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1262 | 1442 |
| LMArena French | 1286 | 1448 |
| LMArena German | 1273 | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | 1195 | 1385 |
| LMArena Russian | 1261 | 1395 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1279 | 1409 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1213 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220), Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1245 | 1415 |
Long Context Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196), Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1266 | 1415 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211), Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1281 | 1421 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1242 | 1374 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1265 | 1423 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 993 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than Mistral Medium 3.5?
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.2 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 or Mistral Medium 3.5 better for coding?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 36.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Mistral Medium 3.5 share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.