Model comparison
Claude 3 Sonnet vs Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Sonnet scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 35.4 to 10.7.
Side by side
| Claude 3 Sonnet | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 37.7 |
| Released | 2024-02-29 | 2024-08-13 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 30 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 29.6 (#302), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1223 | 1269 |
| WeirdML | 10.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.8% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 64% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69.3% | — |
Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 20.5 (#237), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1197 | 1255 |
| DTBench | 53.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.7 | — |
| WinoGrande | 75.1% | — |
Math Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 10.7 (#310), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1213 | 1265 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 18.2% | — |
Knowledge Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 21.1 (#276), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1173 | 1238 |
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| MMLU | 75.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3 Sonnet: 25.2 (#125), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 984 | — |
Multilingual Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 37.8 (#234), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1205 | 1257 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1189 | 1262 |
| LMArena French | 1229 | 1286 |
| LMArena German | 1204 | 1273 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1131 | 1213 |
| LMArena Korean | 1128 | 1195 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1261 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1204 | 1279 |
Instruction Following Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 62.8 (#235), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 1245 |
Long Context Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 36.7 (#228), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1211 | 1266 |
Writing & Preference Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 42.1 (#238), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1218 | 1281 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1186 | 1242 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1227 | 1265 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3 Sonnet better than Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3 Sonnet or Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better for coding?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Sonnet and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Sonnet has 30 scored results on Noometry and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17.