Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
DatabricksSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 1 category and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads 48.6 to 15.2.
- Dolly 2.0-12b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 25.5 | 33.7 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | 2024-08-13 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 17 | 34 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1287 |
| WeirdML | — | 22.2% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 46.4% |
Reasoning Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1272 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 89.67 | 130.48 |
| SimpleBench | — | 22.7% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 54.8% |
| DTBench | — | 65.2% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 54.5% |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| LiveBench | — | 54.3% |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math Dolly 2.0-12b leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1283 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 11.5% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 54.9% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 63.5% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 0.7% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 53.8% |
| Confabulations | — | 20.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1254 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multilingual Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1282 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 1289 |
| LMArena French | — | 1318 |
| LMArena German | — | 1287 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1244 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1237 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1286 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1281 |
Instruction Following Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1270 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 69.6% |
Long Context Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1276 |
Writing & Preference Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1305 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1284 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1290 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 63.6% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 45.6% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Grok-2 (Dec 2024)?
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better for coding?
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.3 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34.