Model Comparison

Comprehensive side-by-side analysis of model capabilities and performance

xAI

Grok-2

xAI

Grok-2 is a multimodal language model developed by xAI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 76.5% across 8 benchmarks. It excels particularly in DocVQA (93.6%), HumanEval (88.4%), MMLU (87.5%). It supports a 136K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 1 API provider. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2024, it represents xAI's latest advancement in AI technology.

Mistral AI

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Mistral AI

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is a language model developed by Mistral AI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 71.7% across 8 benchmarks. It excels particularly in Arena Hard (87.6%), HumanEval (84.8%), MT-Bench (83.5%). The model shows particular specialization in code tasks with an average performance of 83.9%. The model is available through 2 API providers. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents Mistral AI's latest advancement in AI technology.

xAI

Grok-2

xAI

2024-08-13

Mistral AI

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Mistral AI

2025-01-30

5 months newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

xAI

Grok-2

Input:$2.00
Output:$10.00
Mistral AI

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

$11.79 cheaper
Input:$0.07
Output:$0.14

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

xAI

Grok-2

Larger context
Max Context:136.0K
Mistral AI

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Max Context:64.0K
Parameters:24.0B

Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

xAI

Grok-2

+7.3%
Average Score:74.0%
Mistral AI

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Average Score:66.8%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

xAI

Grok-2

code
+4.5%
88.4%
general
+10.1%
73.0%
math
+2.0%
72.5%
Mistral AI

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

code
83.9%
general
62.9%
math
70.6%
Benchmark Scores - Detailed View
Side-by-side comparison of all benchmark scores
Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

2023-10-01

More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks

Provider Availability & Performance

Available providers and their performance metrics

xAI

Grok-2

1 providers

xAI

Throughput: 85 tok/s
Latency: 0.7ms
Mistral AI

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

2 providers

DeepInfra

Throughput: 49 tok/s
Latency: 0.2ms

Mistral AI

Throughput: 134 tok/s
Latency: 0.2ms
xAI

Grok-2

+7.3%
Avg Score:74.0%
Providers:1
Mistral AI

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Avg Score:66.8%
Providers:2