Model comparison

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Ministral 3B

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 25.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) xAI

33.4

Rank #233 Confirmed

Ministral 3B Mistral AI

25.6

Rank #336 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 1 category and Ministral 3B in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads 29.8 to 10.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 63.5% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and 14.4% for Ministral 3B.
  • Ministral 3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Ministral 3B specifications
Grok-2 (Dec 2024)Ministral 3B
ProviderxAIMistral AI
Noometry Index33.425.6
Released2024-08-132024-10-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—128K
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.04
Output $ / M tokens—$0.04
Results tracked346

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 32.9 (#254), Ministral 3B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Ministral 3B
WeirdML22.2%—
LiveBench Coding46.4%—
LMArena Coding1288—

Reasoning Ministral 3B leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.4 (#294), Ministral 3B: 17.7 (#278)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Ministral 3B
DTBench65.2%51.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index130.48118.08
SimpleBench22.7%—
LiveBench Reasoning54.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1272—
LiveBench Data Analysis54.5%—
LMCA—5.5%
LiveBench54.3%—

Math Ministral 3B leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 19.6 (#278), Ministral 3B: 24.5 (#257)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Ministral 3B
MATH Level 563.5%14.4%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202511.5%—
LiveBench Math54.9%—
LMArena Math1283—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0.7%—

Knowledge Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#225), Ministral 3B: 10.4 (#297)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Ministral 3B
GPQA Diamond53.8%25.3%
Confabulations20.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—7.3%
LMArena Expert1254—

Multilingual Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.3 (#183), Ministral 3B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Ministral 3B
LMArena Non-English1282—
LMArena Chinese1289—
LMArena French1317—
LMArena German1287—
LMArena Japanese1244—
LMArena Korean1237—
LMArena Russian1286—
LMArena Spanish1281—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 67.1 (#197), Ministral 3B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Ministral 3B
LiveBench Instruction Following69.6%—
LMArena Instruction Following1270—

Long Context Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.7 (#186), Ministral 3B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Ministral 3B
LMArena Longer Query1276—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.8 (#192), Ministral 3B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Ministral 3B
LMArena Text1305—
LMArena Creative Writing1284—
Short-Story Creative Writing63.6%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1290—
LiveBench Language45.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than Ministral 3B?

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 25.6 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Ministral 3B share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 3B has 6.

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