Model comparison
Claude 2.1 vs Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2.1 scores higher in 1 category and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads 29.8 to 15.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 33% for Claude 2.1 and 53.8% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024).
Side by side
| Claude 2.1 | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 24.9 | 33.4 |
| Released | 2023-11-21 | 2024-08-13 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 7 | 34 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Claude 2.1: 25.8 (#322), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 32.9 (#254)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 7.1% | 22.2% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 46.4% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1288 |
Reasoning Claude 2.1 leads
Claude 2.1: 20.6 (#216), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.4 (#294)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51% | 65.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.22 | 130.48 |
| SimpleBench | — | 22.7% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 54.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1272 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 54.5% |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 54.3% |
Math Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Claude 2.1: 9.6 (#309), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 19.6 (#278)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | 11.5% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 54.9% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1283 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 63.5% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 0.7% |
Knowledge Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Claude 2.1: 15.5 (#287), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#225)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | 53.8% |
| Confabulations | — | 20.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1254 |
| MMLU | 73.5% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.3 (#183)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1282 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1289 |
| LMArena French | — | 1317 |
| LMArena German | — | 1287 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1244 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1237 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1286 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1281 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 67.1 (#197)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 69.6% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1270 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.7 (#186)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1276 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.8 (#192)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1305 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1284 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 63.6% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1290 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 45.6% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2.1 better than Grok-2 (Dec 2024)?
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 2.1 or Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better for coding?
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.9 versus 25.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34.