Model comparison

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs Mistral Small 3.2

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 xAI

37.7

Rank #198 Confirmed

Mistral Small 3.2 Mistral AI

31.2

Rank #280 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 35.4 to 26.3.
  • Mistral Small 3.2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Mistral Small 3.2 specifications
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Mistral Small 3.2
ProviderxAIMistral AI
Noometry Index37.731.2
Released2024-08-132025-06-20
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—256K
Max output—16K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.0938
Output $ / M tokens—$0.25
Results tracked176

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Mistral Small 3.2
LMArena Coding1269—

Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159), Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Mistral Small 3.2
Kagi LLM Benchmark—40.4%
Chess Puzzles—1%
LMArena Hard Prompts1255—
Epoch Capabilities Index—131.74

Math Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Mistral Small 3.2
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—30.3%
LMArena Math1265—

Knowledge Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Mistral Small 3.2
GPQA Diamond—49.1%
LMArena Expert1238—

Multilingual Not comparable

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Mistral Small 3.2
LMArena Non-English1257—
LMArena Chinese1262—
LMArena French1286—
LMArena German1273—
LMArena Japanese1213—
LMArena Korean1195—
LMArena Russian1261—
LMArena Spanish1279—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Mistral Small 3.2
LMArena Instruction Following1245—

Long Context Not comparable

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Mistral Small 3.2
LMArena Longer Query1266—

Writing & Preference Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211), Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Mistral Small 3.2
LMArena Text1281—
LMArena Creative Writing1242—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1255
LMArena Multi-Turn1265—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than Mistral Small 3.2?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Mistral Small 3.2 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.

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