Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) Google

33.2

Rank #246 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 (May 2024) scores higher in 4 categories and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 35.4 to 22.1.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 specifications
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index33.237.7
Released2024-05-142024-08-13
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
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Results tracked4217

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Category by category

Coding Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Coding12611269
WeirdML24.9%—
BigCodeBench Instruct43.5%—
BigCodeBench Complete55.1%—
HumanEval+75.6%—
MBPP+67.5%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.6 (#102), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
BALROG14.6%—

Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Hard Prompts12571255
DTBench53.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index129.36—
ForecastBench53.9—
PIQA87.5%—

Math Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Math12691265
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202516.3%—
Omni-MATH30.4%—
MATH Level 561.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0%—
GSM8K82.4%—

Knowledge Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#260), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Expert12331238
GPQA Diamond47.3%—
MMLU-Pro67.8%—
GPQA (HELM)43.7%—
BoolQ85.8%—
MMLU77.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Vision1141—
Video-MME70.3%—
GeoBench76%—

Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Non-English12781257
LMArena Chinese12951262
LMArena French12581286
LMArena German12621273
LMArena Japanese12521213
LMArena Korean12211195
LMArena Russian12881261
LMArena Spanish12431279

Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Instruction Following12581245
IFEval83.1%—

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Longer Query12841266

Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Text12871281
LMArena Creative Writing12851242
LMArena Multi-Turn12531265
WildBench79.2%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better for coding?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17.

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