Model comparison

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs Mixtral 8x22B

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 26.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 xAI

37.0

Rank #196 Confirmed

Mixtral 8x22B Mistral AI

26.7

Rank #330 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher in 8 categories and Mixtral 8x22B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 33.4 to 15.1.
  • Mixtral 8x22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Mixtral 8x22B specifications
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Mixtral 8x22B
ProviderxAIMistral AI
Noometry Index37.026.7
Released2024-08-132024-04-17
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—64K
Max output—64K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked1734

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Category by category

Coding Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 36.4 (#194), Mixtral 8x22B: 23.8 (#324)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Mixtral 8x22B
LMArena Coding12691166
WeirdML—3.2%
BigCodeBench Instruct—40.6%
BigCodeBench Complete—50.2%
HumanEval+—72%
MBPP+—64.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —, Mixtral 8x22B: 22.8 (#119)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Mixtral 8x22B
Cybench—7.5%

Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 23.7 (#162), Mixtral 8x22B: 19.1 (#246)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Mixtral 8x22B
LMArena Hard Prompts12551150
DTBench—55.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index—122
ForecastBench—56.3

Math Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 32.8 (#185), Mixtral 8x22B: 21.2 (#271)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Mixtral 8x22B
LMArena Math12651184
Omni-MATH—16.3%
MATH Level 5—24.2%

Knowledge Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.4 (#195), Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#288)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Mixtral 8x22B
LMArena Expert12381113
GPQA Diamond—34.1%
MMLU-Pro—46%
GPQA (HELM)—33.4%
MMLU—77.8%

Multilingual Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.6 (#203), Mixtral 8x22B: 32.9 (#250)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Mixtral 8x22B
LMArena Non-English12571128
LMArena Chinese12621116
LMArena French12851165
LMArena German12731141
LMArena Japanese12131037
LMArena Korean11951056
LMArena Russian12611158
LMArena Spanish12781150

Instruction Following Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.7 (#215), Mixtral 8x22B: 57.9 (#261)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Mixtral 8x22B
LMArena Instruction Following12451147
IFEval—72.4%

Long Context Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#191), Mixtral 8x22B: 34.6 (#242)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Mixtral 8x22B
LMArena Longer Query12671144

Writing & Preference Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.5 (#207), Mixtral 8x22B: 37.1 (#257)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Mixtral 8x22B
LMArena Text12811162
LMArena Creative Writing12421141
LMArena Multi-Turn12651130
WildBench—71.1%

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than Mixtral 8x22B?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 26.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 or Mixtral 8x22B better for coding?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.4 versus 23.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Mixtral 8x22B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Mixtral 8x22B has 34.

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