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Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Grok-2 (Dec 2024)

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.9

Rank #301 Confirmed

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) xAI

33.7

Rank #239 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 2 categories and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads 29.8 to 16.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 33% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and 53.8% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024).

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index29.933.7
Released2024-10-032024-08-13
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
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Results tracked2134

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Coding12181287
WeirdML—22.2%
LiveBench Coding—46.4%

Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Hard Prompts12091272
DTBench50%65.2%
SimpleBench—22.7%
LiveBench Reasoning—54.8%
LiveBench Data Analysis—54.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—130.48
LiveBench—54.3%

Math Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%11.5%
LMArena Math12071283
LiveBench Math—54.9%
MATH Level 5—63.5%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—0.7%

Knowledge Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
GPQA Diamond33%53.8%
LMArena Expert11851254
Confabulations—20.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Vision1044—

Multilingual Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Non-English12151282
LMArena Chinese12311289
LMArena French12341318
LMArena German12061287
LMArena Japanese11501244
LMArena Korean11401237
LMArena Russian12361286
LMArena Spanish12121281

Instruction Following Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Instruction Following11991270
LiveBench Instruction Following—69.6%

Long Context Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Longer Query12191276

Writing & Preference Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Text12261305
LMArena Creative Writing12181284
LMArena Multi-Turn11851290
Short-Story Creative Writing—63.6%
LiveBench Language—45.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Grok-2 (Dec 2024)?

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better for coding?

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34.

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