Model comparison
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs Mistral Small
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher in 4 categories and Mistral Small in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 35.4 to 16.4.
- Mistral Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 37.7 | 33.4 |
| Released | 2024-08-13 | 2024-02-26 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 256K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.60 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 39 |
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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 Small: 34.0 (#247)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1269 | 1362 |
| SciCode | — | 26.5% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 36.1% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 36.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 46.6% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 497.62 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —, Mistral Small: 28.1 (#93)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 37.1% |
Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159), Mistral Small: 19.8 (#250)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1255 | 1335 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 37.8% |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 44.8% |
| DTBench | — | 70.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 53.7% |
| LMCA | — | 20.6% |
| LiveBench | — | 44% |
Math Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185), Mistral Small: 16.4 (#293)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1265 | 1341 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 5.8% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 39.9% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 46.8% |
Knowledge Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200), Mistral Small: 31.0 (#222)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1238 | 1291 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 47.5% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.1% |
| MMLU | — | 68.7% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —, Mistral Small: 33.5 (#96)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1142 |
Multilingual Mistral Small leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208), Mistral Small: 45.5 (#169)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1257 | 1315 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1262 | 1340 |
| LMArena French | 1286 | 1337 |
| LMArena German | 1273 | 1340 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1213 | 1275 |
| LMArena Korean | 1195 | 1259 |
| LMArena Russian | 1261 | 1324 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1279 | 1346 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220), Mistral Small: 66.4 (#209)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1245 | 1310 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 63.7% |
Long Context Mistral Small leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196), Mistral Small: 40.4 (#156)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1266 | 1327 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211), Mistral Small: 52.5 (#171)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1281 | 1338 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1242 | 1305 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1265 | 1344 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 30.5% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than Mistral Small?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 or Mistral Small better for coding?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 34.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Mistral Small share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small has 39.