# Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Mixtral 8x22B

> Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-2-vs-mixtral-8x22b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 22

## Summary

- They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 6 categories and Mixtral 8x22B in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads 29.8 to 15.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 63.5% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and 24.2% for Mixtral 8x22B.
- Mixtral 8x22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 27.1 |
| Rank | 239 | 333 |
| Context | — | 64K |
| Input $/M | — | $2 |
| Output $/M | — | $6 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 24.2 (#329)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 22.2% | 3.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1287 | 1166 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 40.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | 46.4% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.2% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 72% |
| MBPP+ | — | 64.3% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —
- Mixtral 8x22B: 23.1 (#127)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 7.5% |

## Reasoning

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 19.9 (#248)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1272 | 1150 |
| DTBench | 65.2% | 55.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.48 | 122.03 |
| SimpleBench | 22.7% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 54.8% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 54.5% | — |
| ForecastBench | — | 56.3 |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |

## Math

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 22.9 (#275)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1283 | 1184 |
| MATH Level 5 | 63.5% | 24.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 11.5% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 16.3% |
| LiveBench Math | 54.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#293)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 53.8% | 34.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1254 | 1113 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 46% |
| Confabulations | 20.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 33.4% |
| MMLU | — | 77.8% |

## Multilingual

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 32.8 (#255)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1282 | 1128 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1289 | 1116 |
| LMArena French | 1318 | 1166 |
| LMArena German | 1287 | 1141 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1244 | 1037 |
| LMArena Korean | 1237 | 1057 |
| LMArena Russian | 1286 | 1158 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1281 | 1151 |

## Instruction Following

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 57.7 (#266)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | 1147 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 69.6% | — |
| IFEval | — | 72.4% |

## Long Context

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 34.7 (#247)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1276 | 1144 |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198)
- Mixtral 8x22B: 36.9 (#262)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mixtral 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1305 | 1162 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1284 | 1141 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | 1130 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 63.6% | — |
| WildBench | — | 71.1% |
| LiveBench Language | 45.6% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than Mixtral 8x22B?

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) or Mixtral 8x22B better for coding?

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.3 versus 24.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Mixtral 8x22B share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Mixtral 8x22B has 34.