Model comparison

Gemini 1.0 Pro vs Grok-2 (Dec 2024)

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.0 Pro Google

27.3

Rank #332 Confirmed

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) xAI

33.7

Rank #239 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher in 1 category and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads 29.8 to 15.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 11.2% for Gemini 1.0 Pro and 63.5% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024).

Side by side

Gemini 1.0 Pro and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) specifications
Gemini 1.0 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index27.333.7
Released2023-12-132024-08-13
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2434

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Category by category

Coding Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 32.2 (#275), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Coding11081287
WeirdML—22.2%
LiveBench Coding—46.4%
HumanEval+55.5%—
MBPP+61.4%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 17.1 (#296), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Hard Prompts11091272
DTBench45.9%65.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index117.04130.48
SimpleBench—22.7%
LiveBench Reasoning—54.8%
LiveBench Data Analysis—54.5%
LiveBench—54.3%

Math Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 9.3 (#321), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%11.5%
LMArena Math11321283
MATH Level 511.2%63.5%
LiveBench Math—54.9%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—0.7%

Knowledge Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.6 (#291), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
GPQA Diamond34%53.8%
LMArena Expert10591254
Confabulations—20.1%
MMLU70%—

Multilingual Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.4 (#252), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Non-English11381282
LMArena Chinese11241289
LMArena French11451318
LMArena German11251287
LMArena Japanese10231244
LMArena Russian11861286
LMArena Spanish11191281
LMArena Korean—1237

Instruction Following Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.6 (#267), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Instruction Following11141270
LiveBench Instruction Following—69.6%

Long Context Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#249), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Longer Query11321276

Writing & Preference Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.0 (#264), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Text11491305
LMArena Creative Writing11311284
LMArena Multi-Turn11391290
Short-Story Creative Writing—63.6%
LiveBench Language—45.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.0 Pro better than Grok-2 (Dec 2024)?

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.0 Pro or Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better for coding?

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.3 versus 32.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.0 Pro and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24 scored results on Noometry and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34.

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