Model comparison

Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Grok-2 (Dec 2024)

Gemini 2.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.9 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 34 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Google

44.9

Rank #67 Confirmed

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) xAI

33.4

Rank #233 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 34 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Pro scores higher in 8 categories and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 2.5 Pro leads 55.8 to 29.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 84.7% for Gemini 2.5 Pro and 11.5% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024).

Side by side

Gemini 2.5 Pro and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) specifications
Gemini 2.5 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index44.933.4
Released2025-03-252024-08-13
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked7834

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 42.8 (#86), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 32.9 (#254)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
WeirdML54%22.2%
LiveBench Coding85.9%46.4%
LMArena Coding14521288
SWE-bench Verified57.6%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)53.6%—
Aider Polyglot83.1%—
LMArena WebDev1227—
SciCode42.8%—
GSO3.9%—
CadEval64%—
ALE-Bench785.52—
AlgoTune1.51—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 29.1 (#81), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
Terminal-Bench32.6%—
GDPval23.3%—
Remote Labor Index0.8%—
TheAgentCompany30.3%—
τ²-bench Banking13.7%—
DeepResearch Bench42.8%—
BALROG43.3%—
LMArena Search1142—
METR Time Horizons55.4%—
Vending-Bench 2573.64—

Reasoning Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 28.8 (#85), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.4 (#294)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
SimpleBench62.4%22.7%
LiveBench Reasoning89.8%54.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts14551272
DTBench82.4%65.2%
LiveBench Data Analysis79.9%54.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index145.32130.48
LiveBench82.3%54.3%
ARC-AGI-24.9%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark70.3%—
ARC-AGI-141%—
CritPt2%—
Chess Puzzles20%—
EnigmaEval5.6%—
LMCA34.8%—
ForecastBench61.3—

Math Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 31.9 (#191), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 19.6 (#278)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202584.7%11.5%
LiveBench Math90.2%54.9%
LMArena Math14501283
MATH Level 595.9%63.5%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)14.1%0.7%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)24.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
Omni-MATH41.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 55.8 (#41), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#225)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
GPQA Diamond85.3%53.8%
Confabulations10.6%20.1%
LMArena Expert14521254
Humanity's Last Exam21.6%—
MMLU-Pro86.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%—
GPQA (HELM)74.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 44.5 (#16), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Vision1263—
GeoBench86%—
VPCT48%—
LMArena Document1421—
SpatialViz-Bench44.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 55.5 (#30), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.3 (#183)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Non-English14521282
LMArena Chinese15071289
LMArena French14731317
LMArena German14871287
LMArena Japanese14621244
LMArena Korean14351237
LMArena Russian14601286
LMArena Spanish14731281

Instruction Following Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 75.2 (#71), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 67.1 (#197)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LiveBench Instruction Following80.6%69.6%
LMArena Instruction Following14361270
IFEval84%—

Long Context Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 59.7 (#5), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.7 (#186)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Longer Query14491276
Fiction.LiveBench91.7%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.5 Pro leads

Gemini 2.5 Pro: 63.9 (#60), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.8 (#192)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Text14581305
LMArena Creative Writing14531284
Short-Story Creative Writing83.8%63.6%
LMArena Multi-Turn14531290
LiveBench Language67.8%45.6%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1421—
WildBench85.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Pro better than Grok-2 (Dec 2024)?

Gemini 2.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.9 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.5 Pro or Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better for coding?

Gemini 2.5 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.8 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Pro and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) share?

34 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Pro has 78 scored results on Noometry and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34.

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