Model comparison
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Magistral Small
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 1 category and Magistral Small in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads 16.9 to 6.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 11.5% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and 30% for Magistral Small.
- Magistral Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Magistral Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 30.2 |
| Released | 2024-08-13 | 2025-06-10 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Small leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258), Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 35.2% |
| WeirdML | 22.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 46.4% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1287 | — |
Reasoning Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299), Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 65.2% | 61.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.48 | 133.19 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| SimpleBench | 22.7% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 6.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 3% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 54.8% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1272 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 54.5% | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |
Math Magistral Small leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284), Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 11.5% | 30% |
| LiveBench Math | 54.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1283 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 63.5% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0.7% | — |
Knowledge Magistral Small leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233), Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 53.8% | 56.1% |
| Confabulations | 20.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1254 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1282 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1289 | — |
| LMArena French | 1318 | — |
| LMArena German | 1287 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1244 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1237 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1286 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1281 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 69.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1276 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1305 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1284 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 63.6% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 45.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than Magistral Small?
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) or Magistral Small better for coding?
Magistral Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.4 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Magistral Small share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Small has 10.