Model comparison
Claude 3 Opus vs Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Opus scores higher in 1 category and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 in 7 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 35.4 to 14.8.
Side by side
| Claude 3 Opus | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 29.5 | 37.7 |
| Released | 2024-02-29 | 2024-08-13 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 46 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Claude 3 Opus: 32.9 (#267), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1264 | 1269 |
| WeirdML | 19.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.5% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 38.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 57.4% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 77.4% | — |
| MBPP+ | 73.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 3 Opus: 24.6 (#116), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 10% | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 29.5% | — |
Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Claude 3 Opus: 14.6 (#324), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1245 | 1255 |
| SimpleBench | 23.5% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 5% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 0.8% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 40.6% | — |
| DTBench | 61.6% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 57.9% | — |
| LMCA | 17% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 126.91 | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.4 | — |
| LiveBench | 49.2% | — |
| WinoGrande | 88.5% | — |
Math Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Claude 3 Opus: 14.8 (#299), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1273 | 1265 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.7% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 43.6% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 37.5% | — |
Knowledge Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Claude 3 Opus: 24.5 (#267), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | 1238 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.2% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 12.6% | — |
| Confabulations | 22.7% | — |
| MMLU | 84.6% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3 Opus: 27.1 (#116), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1023 | — |
Multilingual Too close to call
Claude 3 Opus: 41.4 (#207), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1258 | 1257 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1248 | 1262 |
| LMArena French | 1275 | 1286 |
| LMArena German | 1258 | 1273 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1204 | 1213 |
| LMArena Korean | 1187 | 1195 |
| LMArena Russian | 1280 | 1261 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1246 | 1279 |
Instruction Following Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Claude 3 Opus: 64.1 (#228), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1248 | 1245 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 63.9% | — |
Long Context Too close to call
Claude 3 Opus: 38.2 (#202), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1259 | 1266 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Claude 3 Opus: 47.2 (#213), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Opus | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1262 | 1281 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1242 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | 1265 |
| LiveBench Language | 50.4% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3 Opus better than Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3 Opus or Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better for coding?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Opus and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Opus has 46 scored results on Noometry and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17.