Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) vs Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) scores higher in 6 categories and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads 25.8 to 20.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 23.1% for Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and 11.5% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024).
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | |
| Noometry Index | 32.1 | 33.7 |
| Released | 2024-02-15 | 2024-08-13 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 45 | 34 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 34.2 (#241), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 22.2% | 22.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1294 | 1287 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 46.4% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 57.5% | — |
| CadEval | 34% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 79.3% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 17.9 (#145), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 3.4% | — |
| Cybench | 7.5% | — |
| BALROG | 21% | — |
Reasoning Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 12.3 (#338), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 27.1% | 22.7% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1296 | 1272 |
| DTBench | 59% | 65.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 131.73 | 130.48 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.8% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 54.8% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 54.5% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 89.2% | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.4 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 54.3% |
Math Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 25.8 (#266), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 23.1% | 11.5% |
| LMArena Math | 1315 | 1283 |
| MATH Level 5 | 70.4% | 63.5% |
| Omni-MATH | 36.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 54.9% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 0.7% |
Knowledge Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 29.4 (#239), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 57.2% | 53.8% |
| Confabulations | 13.5% | 20.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1279 | 1254 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 73.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 53.4% | — |
| MMLU | 86.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 36.8 (#77), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1161 | — |
| Video-MME | 75% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 45.3 (#174), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1312 | 1282 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1331 | 1289 |
| LMArena French | 1302 | 1318 |
| LMArena German | 1286 | 1287 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1292 | 1244 |
| LMArena Korean | 1298 | 1237 |
| LMArena Russian | 1320 | 1286 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1311 | 1281 |
Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 68.6 (#185), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1297 | 1270 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 69.6% |
| IFEval | 83.7% | — |
Long Context Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 39.8 (#169), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1308 | 1276 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 52.4 (#172), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1319 | 1305 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1333 | 1284 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1296 | 1290 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 63.6% |
| WildBench | 81.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 45.6% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) better than Grok-2 (Dec 2024)?
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) or Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (34.2 vs 33.3); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) share?
25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) has 45 scored results on Noometry and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34.