Model Comparison

Grok-2 mini vs Jamba 1.5 Large

Grok-2 mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

3 benchmarks

Grok-2 mini outperforms in 3 benchmarks (GPQA, MMLU, MMLU-Pro), while Jamba 1.5 Large is better at 0 benchmarks.

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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xAI
Grok-2 mini
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
AI21 Labs
Jamba 1.5 Large
Input tokens$2.00
Output tokens$8.00
Best providerAWS Bedrock
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Jamba 1.5 Large specifies input context (256,000 tokens). Only Jamba 1.5 Large specifies output context (256,000 tokens).

xAI
Grok-2 mini
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
AI21 Labs
Jamba 1.5 Large
Input256,000 tokens
Output256,000 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Grok-2 mini supports multimodal inputs, whereas Jamba 1.5 Large does not.

Grok-2 mini can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Grok-2 mini

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Jamba 1.5 Large

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Grok-2 mini is licensed under a proprietary license, while Jamba 1.5 Large uses Jamba Open Model License.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Grok-2 mini

Proprietary

Closed source

Jamba 1.5 Large

Jamba Open Model License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Grok-2 mini was released on 2024-08-13, while Jamba 1.5 Large was released on 2024-08-22.

Jamba 1.5 Large is 0 month newer than Grok-2 mini.

Grok-2 mini

Aug 13, 2024

1.7 years ago

Jamba 1.5 Large

Aug 22, 2024

1.7 years ago

1w newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Jamba 1.5 Large has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-03-05, while Grok-2 mini's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Jamba 1.5 Large's training data extends to 2024-03-05, but cannot make a direct comparison without Grok-2 mini's cutoff date.

Grok-2 mini

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Jamba 1.5 Large

Mar 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

xAI
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher GPQA score (51.0% vs 36.9%)
Higher MMLU score (86.2% vs 81.2%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (72.0% vs 53.5%)
AI21 Labs
Larger context window (256,000 tokens)
Has open weights

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
xAI
Grok-2 mini
AI21 Labs
Jamba 1.5 Large

FAQ

Common questions about Grok-2 mini vs Jamba 1.5 Large

Grok-2 mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Grok-2 mini is made by xAI and Jamba 1.5 Large is made by AI21 Labs. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Grok-2 mini scores DocVQA: 93.2%, MMLU: 86.2%, HumanEval: 85.7%, MATH: 73.0%, MMLU-Pro: 72.0%. Jamba 1.5 Large scores ARC-C: 93.0%, GSM8k: 87.0%, MMLU: 81.2%, Arena Hard: 65.4%, TruthfulQA: 58.3%.
Grok-2 mini supports an unknown number of tokens and Jamba 1.5 Large supports 256K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Jamba Open Model License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Grok-2 mini is developed by xAI and Jamba 1.5 Large is developed by AI21 Labs.