Model Comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Grok-2 mini

Grok-2 mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

5 benchmarks

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Grok-2 mini is better at 5 benchmarks (GPQA, MATH, MathVista, MMLU-Pro, MMMU).

Grok-2 mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
Input tokens$0.07
Output tokens$0.30
Best providerGoogle
xAI
Grok-2 mini
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B specifies output context (8,192 tokens).

Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
xAI
Grok-2 mini
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Grok-2 mini support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Grok-2 mini

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.

Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Proprietary

Closed source

Grok-2 mini

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B was released on 2024-03-15, while Grok-2 mini was released on 2024-08-13.

Grok-2 mini is 5 months newer than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Mar 15, 2024

2.1 years ago

Grok-2 mini

Aug 13, 2024

1.7 years ago

5mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-10-01, while Grok-2 mini's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B's training data extends to 2024-10-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Grok-2 mini's cutoff date.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Oct 2024

Grok-2 mini

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Google
Larger context window (1,048,576 tokens)
xAI
Higher GPQA score (51.0% vs 38.4%)
Higher MATH score (73.0% vs 58.7%)
Higher MathVista score (68.1% vs 54.7%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (72.0% vs 58.7%)
Higher MMMU score (63.2% vs 53.7%)
GoogleGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
xAIGrok-2 mini
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Detailed Comparison

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Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
xAI
Grok-2 mini

FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Grok-2 mini

Grok-2 mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is made by Google and Grok-2 mini is made by xAI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores XSTest: 92.6%, FLEURS: 86.4%, Natural2Code: 75.5%, WMT23: 72.6%, Video-MME: 66.2%. Grok-2 mini scores DocVQA: 93.2%, MMLU: 86.2%, HumanEval: 85.7%, MATH: 73.0%, MMLU-Pro: 72.0%.
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B supports 1.0M tokens and Grok-2 mini supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is developed by Google and Grok-2 mini is developed by xAI.