# Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Mistral

> Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

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

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 5 categories and Mistral in 3 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads 67.1 to 52.9.

## Snapshot

| | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 33.4 | 29.4 |
| Rank | 233 | 297 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 32.9 (#254)
- Mistral: 33.2 (#249)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1288 | 1162 |
| WeirdML | 22.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 46.4% | — |

## Reasoning

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.4 (#294)
- Mistral: 21.3 (#199)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1272 | 1149 |
| SimpleBench | 22.7% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 54.8% | — |
| DTBench | 65.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 54.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.48 | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |

## Math

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 19.6 (#278)
- Mistral: 20.5 (#275)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1283 | 1180 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 11.5% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 7.2% |
| LiveBench Math | 54.9% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 63.5% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#225)
- Mistral: 16.3 (#283)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1254 | 1125 |
| GPQA Diamond | 53.8% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 27.7% |
| Confabulations | 20.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.3% |

## Multilingual

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.3 (#183)
- Mistral: 33.0 (#249)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1282 | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1289 | 1109 |
| LMArena French | 1317 | 1179 |
| LMArena German | 1287 | 1155 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1244 | 1012 |
| LMArena Korean | 1237 | 1032 |
| LMArena Russian | 1286 | 1168 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1281 | 1143 |

## Instruction Following

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 67.1 (#197)
- Mistral: 52.9 (#283)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | 1152 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 69.6% | — |
| IFEval | — | 56.8% |

## Long Context

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.7 (#186)
- Mistral: 35.0 (#240)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1276 | 1154 |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.8 (#192)
- Mistral: 37.2 (#255)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1305 | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1284 | 1158 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | 1147 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 63.6% | — |
| WildBench | — | 66% |
| LiveBench Language | 45.6% | — |

## FAQ

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

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

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

They score almost the same on coding (32.9 vs 33.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.

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

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.