# Grok 2 vs Grok 2 mini

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Grok 2 and Grok 2 mini across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/grok-2-vs-grok-2-mini
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Grok 2 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 2 mini only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Grok 2 leads overall 65 to 63.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA in Knowledge, with scores of 56% and 51%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Grok 2 | Grok 2 mini |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | xAI | xAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | Unknown | Unknown |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 2 | Grok 2 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HumanEval | 88.4% | 85.7% | Grok 2 |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 2 | Grok 2 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 66.1% | 63.2% | Grok 2 |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 2 mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 2 | Grok 2 mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 56% | 51% | Grok 2 |
| MMLU | 87.5% | 86.2% | Grok 2 |
| MMLU-Pro | 75.5% | 72% | Grok 2 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Grok 2 or Grok 2 mini?

Grok 2 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does Grok 2 cover on BenchLM?

Grok 2 currently has 5 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Grok 2 mini cover on BenchLM?

Grok 2 mini currently has 5 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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