Model comparison

GPT-4 vs Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4 OpenAI

29.1

Rank #316 Confirmed

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 xAI

37.7

Rank #198 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4 scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 in 8 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 35.4 to 10.8.

Side by side

GPT-4 and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 specifications
GPT-4Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
ProviderOpenAIxAI
Noometry Index29.137.7
Released2023-03-142024-08-13
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window8K—
Max output8K—
Input $ / M tokens$30—
Output $ / M tokens$60—
Results tracked3817

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Category by category

Coding Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

GPT-4: 31.6 (#283), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Coding12541269
WeirdML12.4%—
BigCodeBench Instruct46%—
BigCodeBench Complete57.2%—
HumanEval+79.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4: —, Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
METR Time Horizons36.1%—

Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

GPT-4: 17.8 (#289), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Hard Prompts12411255
Chess Puzzles4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles12%—
DTBench62.7%—
LMCA17.1%—
BIG-Bench Hard75.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index125.89—
ForecastBench57.8—
HellaSwag95.3%—
WinoGrande87.5%—

Math Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

GPT-4: 10.8 (#309), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Math12691265
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%—
MATH Level 523%—
GSM8K92%—

Knowledge Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

GPT-4: 18.4 (#282), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Expert12111238
GPQA Diamond35.7%—
MMLU86.4%—
TriviaQA84.8%—

Multilingual Too close to call

GPT-4: 40.6 (#215), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Non-English12461257
LMArena Chinese12421262
LMArena French12831286
LMArena German12511273
LMArena Japanese12091213
LMArena Korean11841195
LMArena Russian12511261
LMArena Spanish12611279

Instruction Following Too close to call

GPT-4: 65.3 (#222), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Instruction Following12411245

Long Context Too close to call

GPT-4: 37.7 (#212), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Longer Query12441266

Writing & Preference Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

GPT-4: 34.9 (#268), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Text12631281
LMArena Creative Writing12441242
LMArena Multi-Turn12571265
EQ-Bench Creative Writing752—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4 better than Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4 or Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better for coding?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4 and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4 has 38 scored results on Noometry and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17.

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