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Model comparison

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Mistral Large 3

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) xAI

33.4

Rank #233 Confirmed

Mistral Large 3 Mistral AI

38.6

Rank #172 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Large 3 in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Mistral Large 3 leads 36.0 to 19.6.
  • Mistral Large 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Large 3
ProviderxAIMistral AI
Noometry Index33.438.6
Released2024-08-132025-12-02
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.25
Output $ / M tokens—$0.75
Results tracked3424

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Category by category

Coding Mistral Large 3 leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 32.9 (#254), Mistral Large 3: 34.1 (#230)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Large 3
LMArena Coding12881447
LMArena WebDev—1230
WeirdML22.2%—
LiveBench Coding46.4%—

Reasoning Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.4 (#294), Mistral Large 3: 14.6 (#314)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Large 3
LMArena Hard Prompts12721429
SimpleBench22.7%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—50.9%
NYT Connections (extended)—7.5%
Thematic Generalization—23%
LiveBench Reasoning54.8%—
DTBench65.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis54.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index130.48—
LiveBench54.3%—

Math Mistral Large 3 leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 19.6 (#278), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#131)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Large 3
LMArena Math12831415
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202511.5%—
LiveBench Math54.9%—
MATH Level 563.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0.7%—

Knowledge Mistral Large 3 leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#225), Mistral Large 3: 35.5 (#173)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Large 3
LMArena Expert12541421
GPQA Diamond53.8%—
Confabulations20.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—14.5%

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —, Mistral Large 3: 37.6 (#65)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Large 3
LMArena Vision—1222

Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.3 (#183), Mistral Large 3: 52.6 (#79)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Large 3
LMArena Non-English12821412
LMArena Chinese12891448
LMArena French13171456
LMArena German12871438
LMArena Japanese12441399
LMArena Korean12371384
LMArena Russian12861412
LMArena Spanish12811437

Instruction Following Mistral Large 3 leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 67.1 (#197), Mistral Large 3: 74.1 (#104)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Large 3
LMArena Instruction Following12701402
LiveBench Instruction Following69.6%—

Long Context Mistral Large 3 leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.7 (#186), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#102)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Large 3
LMArena Longer Query12761413

Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.8 (#192), Mistral Large 3: 60.2 (#100)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Mistral Large 3
LMArena Text13051427
LMArena Creative Writing12841385
LMArena Multi-Turn12901429
Short-Story Creative Writing63.6%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1412
LiveBench Language45.6%—

Frequently asked questions

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

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

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

Mistral Large 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.1 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

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

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

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