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Model comparison

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Mistral Small 3

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) xAI

33.4

Rank #233 Confirmed

Mistral Small 3 Mistral AI

30.9

Rank #268 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 6 categories and Mistral Small 3 in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads 48.8 to 32.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 53.8% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and 47.3% for Mistral Small 3.
  • Mistral Small 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Small 3
ProviderxAIMistral AI
Noometry Index33.430.9
Released2024-08-132025-01-30
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—33K
Max output—16K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.05
Output $ / M tokens—$0.08
Results tracked3424

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Category by category

Coding Mistral Small 3 leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 32.9 (#254), Mistral Small 3: 36.0 (#203)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Small 3
LMArena Coding12881246
WeirdML22.2%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—45.3%
LiveBench Coding46.4%—
BigCodeBench Complete—50.4%

Reasoning Mistral Small 3 leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.4 (#294), Mistral Small 3: 18.2 (#269)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Small 3
LMArena Hard Prompts12721233
Epoch Capabilities Index130.48127.06
SimpleBench22.7%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
LiveBench Reasoning54.8%—
DTBench65.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis54.5%—
LiveBench54.3%—

Math Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 19.6 (#278), Mistral Small 3: 15.3 (#290)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Small 3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202511.5%6.7%
LMArena Math12831240
LiveBench Math54.9%—
MATH Level 563.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0.7%—

Knowledge Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#225), Mistral Small 3: 25.0 (#258)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Small 3
GPQA Diamond53.8%47.3%
Confabulations20.1%25.2%
LMArena Expert12541202

Multilingual Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.3 (#183), Mistral Small 3: 37.5 (#231)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Small 3
LMArena Non-English12821198
LMArena Chinese12891204
LMArena French13171202
LMArena German12871211
LMArena Japanese12441111
LMArena Korean12371188
LMArena Russian12861216
LMArena Spanish1281—

Instruction Following Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 67.1 (#197), Mistral Small 3: 63.9 (#224)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Small 3
LMArena Instruction Following12701214
LiveBench Instruction Following69.6%—

Long Context Too close to call

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.7 (#186), Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#206)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Small 3
LMArena Longer Query12761246

Writing & Preference Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.8 (#192), Mistral Small 3: 32.4 (#275)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Small 3
LMArena Text13051234
LMArena Creative Writing12841195
LMArena Multi-Turn12901217
Short-Story Creative Writing63.6%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—707
LiveBench Language45.6%—

Frequently asked questions

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

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.

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

Mistral Small 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.0 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

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

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

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