# Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs Mistral Small 3.1

> Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-2-mini-vs-mistral-small-3-1
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher in 6 categories and Mistral Small 3.1 in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 35.4 to 14.7.
- Mistral Small 3.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 37.7 | 31.7 |
| Rank | 198 | 269 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.35 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.56 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 38.3 (#179)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1269 | 1309 |

## Reasoning

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 19.7 (#254)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1255 | 1278 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 127.48 |

## Math

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 14.7 (#301)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1265 | 1262 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 3.9% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 24.8% |

## Knowledge

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#271)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1238 | 1257 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 41.9% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 61% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 39.2% |

## Multimodal

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —
- Mistral Small 3.1: 33.2 (#99)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1136 |

## Multilingual

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 41.2 (#209)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1257 | 1255 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1262 | 1253 |
| LMArena French | 1286 | 1273 |
| LMArena German | 1273 | 1266 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1213 | 1208 |
| LMArena Korean | 1195 | 1206 |
| LMArena Russian | 1261 | 1263 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1279 | 1283 |

## Instruction Following

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 63.6 (#230)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1245 | 1264 |
| IFEval | — | 75% |

## Long Context

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#178)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1266 | 1299 |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 37.0 (#259)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1281 | 1277 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1242 | 1253 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1265 | 1270 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 761 |
| WildBench | — | 78.8% |

## FAQ

### Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than Mistral Small 3.1?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 or Mistral Small 3.1 better for coding?

Mistral Small 3.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.3 versus 37.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Mistral Small 3.1 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.1 has 28.