OpenAI GPT-5 mini vs xAI Grok‑2 — side-by-side specs.
OpenAI GPT-5 mini | xAI Grok‑2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | OpenAI | xAI |
| Release date | Aug 7 2025 | Aug 14 2024 |
| Model type | — | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | — | — |
Context window | — | — |
| Benchmarks | ||
Science reasoning GPQA Diamond | — | — |
Software engineering SWE-Bench Verified | — | — |
Multimodal understanding MMMU | — | — |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Grok‑2 shipped 358 days before GPT-5 mini | |
GPT-5 mini and Grok‑2 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Grok‑2 shipped 358 days before GPT-5 mini, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.