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Model comparison

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Mistral Large 3

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) xAI

33.7

Rank #239 Confirmed

Mistral Large 3 Mistral AI

39.1

Rank #176 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Large 3 in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Mistral Large 3 leads 38.7 to 20.8.
  • Mistral Large 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Large 3
ProviderxAIMistral AI
Noometry Index33.739.1
Released2024-08-132025-12-02
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.25
Output $ / M tokens—$0.75
Results tracked3424

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Category by category

Coding Mistral Large 3 leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258), Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Large 3
LMArena Coding12871448
LMArena WebDev—1230
WeirdML22.2%—
LiveBench Coding46.4%—

Reasoning Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299), Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Large 3
LMArena Hard Prompts12721429
SimpleBench22.7%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—50.9%
NYT Connections (extended)—7.5%
Thematic Generalization—23%
LiveBench Reasoning54.8%—
DTBench65.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis54.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index130.48—
LiveBench54.3%—

Math Mistral Large 3 leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284), Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Large 3
LMArena Math12831414
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202511.5%—
LiveBench Math54.9%—
MATH Level 563.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0.7%—

Knowledge Mistral Large 3 leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Large 3
LMArena Expert12541421
GPQA Diamond53.8%—
Confabulations20.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—14.5%

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —, Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Large 3
LMArena Vision—1221

Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188), Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Large 3
LMArena Non-English12821413
LMArena Chinese12891447
LMArena French13181455
LMArena German12871437
LMArena Japanese12441394
LMArena Korean12371384
LMArena Russian12861411
LMArena Spanish12811440

Instruction Following Mistral Large 3 leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202), Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Large 3
LMArena Instruction Following12701403
LiveBench Instruction Following69.6%—

Long Context Mistral Large 3 leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Large 3
LMArena Longer Query12761413

Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198), Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Large 3
LMArena Text13051428
LMArena Creative Writing12841386
LMArena Multi-Turn12901429
Short-Story Creative Writing63.6%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1412
LiveBench Language45.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?

Mistral Large 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Mistral Large 3 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.

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