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Grok-2 vs Magistral Small 2506
Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Magistral Small 2506 leads with 12.2% higher average benchmark score. Grok-2 supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Magistral Small 2506 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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xAI
Grok 2 was developed as the second generation of xAI's language model family, designed to provide enhanced reasoning, knowledge, and conversational abilities. Built with architectural improvements and expanded training, it represents a significant advancement in xAI's model capabilities.
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Mistral AI
Magistral Small was created as an efficient reasoning-focused variant, designed to bring analytical capabilities to applications with tighter resource constraints. Built to balance problem-solving depth with practical deployment needs, it extends reasoning-enhanced AI to broader use cases.
10 months newer
Grok-2
xAI
2024-08-13
Magistral Small 2506
Mistral AI
2025-06-10
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Performance Metrics
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
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Grok-2
Average Score:56.0%
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Magistral Small 2506
Average Score:68.2%(+12.2%)
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Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison
Magistral Small 2506
2025-06-01
More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks
Provider Availability & Performance
Available providers and their performance metrics
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Grok-2
1 providers
xAI
Throughput: 85 tok/s
Latency: 0.7ms
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Magistral Small 2506
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Grok-2
Avg Score:56.0%
Providers:1
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Magistral Small 2506
Avg Score:68.2%(+12.2%)
Providers:0