Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.9

Rank #301 Confirmed

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 xAI

37.7

Rank #198 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B 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 14.2.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 specifications
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index29.937.7
Released2024-10-032024-08-13
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
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Results tracked2117

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Category by category

Coding Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Coding12181269

Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Hard Prompts12091255
DTBench50%—

Math Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Math12071265
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%—

Knowledge Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Expert11851238
GPQA Diamond33%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Vision1044—

Multilingual Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Non-English12151257
LMArena Chinese12311262
LMArena French12341286
LMArena German12061273
LMArena Japanese11501213
LMArena Korean11401195
LMArena Russian12361261
LMArena Spanish12121279

Instruction Following Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Instruction Following11991245

Long Context Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Longer Query12191266

Writing & Preference Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Text12261281
LMArena Creative Writing12181242
LMArena Multi-Turn11851265

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better for coding?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17.

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