# Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Mistral Nemo

> Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-2-vs-mistral-nemo
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 4

## Summary

- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Nemo in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads 48.6 to 28.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 63.5% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and 10.8% for Mistral Nemo.
- Mistral Nemo has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 26.4 |
| Rank | 239 | 337 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.15 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.15 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258)
- Mistral Nemo: —

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 22.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 46.4% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1287 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —
- Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#125)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.6% |
| BALROG | — | 17.6% |

## Reasoning

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299)
- Mistral Nemo: 20.7 (#232)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 65.2% | 48.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.48 | 118.68 |
| SimpleBench | 22.7% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 54.8% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1272 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 54.5% | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |
| PIQA | — | 83.5% |

## Math

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284)
- Mistral Nemo: 25.5 (#268)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| MATH Level 5 | 63.5% | 10.8% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 11.5% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 54.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1283 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0.7% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 84.2% |

## Knowledge

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233)
- Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#298)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 53.8% | 29.9% |
| Confabulations | 20.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1254 | — |
| BoolQ | — | 82.5% |

## Multilingual

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188)
- Mistral Nemo: —

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| 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

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202)
- Mistral Nemo: —

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 69.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | — |

## Long Context

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190)
- Mistral Nemo: —

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1276 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198)
- Mistral Nemo: 28.5 (#296)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1305 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1284 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 63.6% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 881 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 45.6% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than Mistral Nemo?

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Mistral Nemo share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Nemo has 10.