Model comparison

GPT-4o vs Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4o OpenAI

28.6

Rank #324 Confirmed

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 xAI

37.7

Rank #198 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4o 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 10.6.

Side by side

GPT-4o and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 specifications
GPT-4oGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
ProviderOpenAIxAI
Noometry Index28.637.7
Released2024-05-132024-08-13
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window128K—
Max output16K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked7217

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Category by category

Coding Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

GPT-4o: 24.8 (#328), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Coding12971269
SWE-bench Verified31%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)21.6%—
Aider Polyglot45.3%—
GSO0%—
WeirdML25.1%—
BigCodeBench Instruct51.1%—
LiveBench Coding51.4%—
BigCodeBench Complete61.1%—
CadEval26%—
HumanEval+87.2%—
MBPP+72.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4o: 21.0 (#141), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
GDPval9.9%—
TheAgentCompany8.6%—
Cybench12.5%—
BALROG32.3%—
LMArena Search1006—
METR Time Horizons40.8%—

Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

GPT-4o: 9.4 (#343), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Hard Prompts12811255
ARC-AGI-20%—
SimpleBench17.8%—
ARC-AGI-14.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles13%—
EnigmaEval0.8%—
LiveBench Reasoning55.8%—
DTBench64.5%—
LiveBench Data Analysis60.9%—
LMCA16.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index128.97—
ForecastBench57.7—
LiveBench55.3%—

Math Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

GPT-4o: 10.6 (#312), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Math12851265
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)0.4%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20256.4%—
Omni-MATH29.3%—
LiveBench Math49.5%—
MATH Level 553.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0.3%—

Knowledge Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

GPT-4o: 28.8 (#242), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Expert12501238
GPQA Diamond49.2%—
Humanity's Last Exam2.7%—
SimpleQA Verified26%—
MMLU-Pro71.3%—
Confabulations15.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.6%—
GPQA (HELM)52%—
MMLU88.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4o: 34.5 (#91), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Vision1137—
Video-MME71.9%—
GeoBench71%—
VPCT40%—
ScienceQA88.5%—

Multilingual GPT-4o leads

GPT-4o: 43.2 (#186), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Non-English12831257
LMArena Chinese12771262
LMArena French13041286
LMArena German12821273
LMArena Japanese12571213
LMArena Korean12341195
LMArena Russian12861261
LMArena Spanish12921279

Instruction Following GPT-4o leads

GPT-4o: 66.6 (#207), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Instruction Following12781245
LiveBench Instruction Following68.6%—
IFEval81.7%—

Long Context Too close to call

GPT-4o: 39.4 (#179), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Longer Query12891266
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%—

Writing & Preference GPT-4o leads

GPT-4o: 52.6 (#166), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Text13001281
LMArena Creative Writing12921242
LMArena Multi-Turn13021265
Short-Story Creative Writing81.8%—
WildBench82.8%—
LiveBench Language47.6%—

Frequently asked questions

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

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

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

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 24.8 in the Noometry coding category.

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

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4o has 72 scored results on Noometry and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17.

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