Grok 3 Mini vs Mistral Large 2

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Mistral Large 2 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 34 to 23. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Mistral Large 2's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 64.9 against 21.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SimpleQA, 21.7% to 66%. Grok 3 Mini does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Quick Verdict

Pick Mistral Large 2 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 3 Mini only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.

Agentic

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Coding

Mistral Large 2

Grok 3 Mini

41.5

Mistral Large 2

60

41.5%
LiveCodeBench
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HumanEval
60%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

Mistral Large 2

Grok 3 Mini

21.7

Mistral Large 2

64.9

21.7%
SimpleQA
66%
Coming soon
MuSR
64%

Knowledge

Grok 3 Mini

Grok 3 Mini

74.1

Mistral Large 2

67

66.2%
GPQA
68%
78.9%
MMLU-Pro
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MMLU
68%
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SuperGPQA
66%
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OpenBookQA
64%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

Mistral Large 2

Grok 3 Mini

39.7

Mistral Large 2

67

39.7%
AIME 2024
70%
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AIME 2023
68%
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AIME 2025
69%
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HMMT Feb 2023
64%
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HMMT Feb 2024
66%
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HMMT Feb 2025
65%
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BRUMO 2025
67%

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Grok 3 Mini or Mistral Large 2?

Mistral Large 2 is ahead overall, 34 to 23. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SimpleQA, where the scores are 21.7% and 66%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Grok 3 Mini or Mistral Large 2?

Grok 3 Mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.1 versus 67. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Grok 3 Mini or Mistral Large 2?

Mistral Large 2 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 60 versus 41.5. Grok 3 Mini stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for math, Grok 3 Mini or Mistral Large 2?

Mistral Large 2 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 67 versus 39.7. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Grok 3 Mini or Mistral Large 2?

Mistral Large 2 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 64.9 versus 21.7. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 17, 2026

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