Model comparison
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Mistral Small 3.2
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Small 3.2 in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Mistral Small 3.2 leads 26.3 to 20.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 11.5% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and 30.3% for Mistral Small 3.2.
- Mistral Small 3.2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral Small 3.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 31.2 |
| Released | 2024-08-13 | 2025-06-20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 256K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.0938 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 22.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 46.4% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1287 | — |
Reasoning Mistral Small 3.2 leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299), Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.48 | 131.74 |
| SimpleBench | 22.7% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 40.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 54.8% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1272 | — |
| DTBench | 65.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 54.5% | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |
Math Mistral Small 3.2 leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 11.5% | 30.3% |
| LiveBench Math | 54.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1283 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 63.5% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0.7% | — |
Knowledge Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 53.8% | 49.1% |
| Confabulations | 20.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1254 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Not comparable
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 69.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1276 | — |
Writing & Preference Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198), Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1305 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1284 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 63.6% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 45.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than Mistral Small 3.2?
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Mistral Small 3.2 share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.