Grok-3 Mini vs Mistral Large 2: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
| Characteristic | Grok-3 Mini | Mistral Large 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Company | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Release Date | February 16, 2025 | July 24, 2024 |
| Parameters | — | 123B |
| Multimodal | Yes | No |
| Context (input) | 128K | 128K |
| Context (output) | 8K | 128K |
| Input Price / 1M | $0.30 | $2.00 |
| Output Price / 1M | $0.50 | $6.00 |
| Average Score | 0.9 | 0.9 |
Verdict
Grok-3 Mini leads in 2 out of 4 comparison categories.
Overall Performance
Both models show comparable average scores: Grok-3 Mini — 0.9, Mistral Large 2 — 0.9.
API Cost
Grok-3 Mini is 10.0x cheaper: input $0.30/1M vs $2.00/1M tokens.
Context Window
Same context size: 128K tokens.
Recency
Grok-3 Mini is newer: released 2/16/2025 vs 7/24/2024.
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