Model comparison
Claude 2 vs Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2 scores higher in 1 category and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads 29.8 to 16.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 11.7% for Claude 2 and 63.5% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024).
Side by side
| Claude 2 | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 25.0 | 33.7 |
| Released | 2023-07-11 | 2024-08-13 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 8 | 34 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | — | 22.2% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 46.4% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1287 |
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |
Reasoning Claude 2 leads
Claude 2: 21.7 (#216), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51.9% | 65.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.13 | 130.48 |
| SimpleBench | — | 22.7% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 54.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1272 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 54.5% |
| LiveBench | — | 54.3% |
Math Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Claude 2: 9.3 (#320), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | 11.5% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | 63.5% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 54.9% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1283 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 0.7% |
Knowledge Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Claude 2: 16.9 (#287), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | 53.8% |
| Confabulations | — | 20.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1254 |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1282 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1289 |
| LMArena French | — | 1318 |
| LMArena German | — | 1287 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1244 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1237 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1286 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1281 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 69.6% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1270 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1276 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | 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 better than Grok-2 (Dec 2024)?
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34.