Model comparison

GPT-5.5 vs Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 OpenAI

63.4

Rank #9 Confirmed

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 xAI

37.7

Rank #198 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.5 leads 72.8 to 24.8.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 specifications
GPT-5.5Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
ProviderOpenAIxAI
Noometry Index63.437.7
Released2026-04-232024-08-13
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$5—
Output $ / M tokens$30—
Results tracked7117

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 58.2 (#17), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Coding14941269
SWE-bench Verified80.6%—
DeepSWE67%—
FrontierCode43%—
LMArena WebDev1513—
SciCode56.1%—
GSO40.2%—
WeirdML84.9%—
MirrorCode10%—
ALE-Bench1,943—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 50.7 (#6), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
Terminal-Bench84.7%—
APEX-Agents55.1%—
OSWorld 2.013%—
Remote Labor Index6.3%—
τ²-bench Banking44.6%—
DeepResearch Bench54%—
PostTrainBench27.2%—
ExploitBench47.4%—
GBAEval53.2%—
GDP.pdf26%—
LMArena Search1242—
Vending-Bench 27,524—

Reasoning GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.8 (#11), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Hard Prompts14891255
ARC-AGI-285%—
SimpleBench69%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark88.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)96.2%—
ARC-AGI-195%—
CritPt27.1%—
Chess Puzzles54%—
EBR-Bench34.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles56%—
DTBench96%—
LMCA54.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench88.1%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
Epoch Capabilities Index159.1—
ForecastBench60.6—

Math GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 81.7 (#11), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185)

Knowledge GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 64.4 (#17), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Expert15081238
GPQA Diamond94%—
SimpleQA Verified63%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 46.9 (#12), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 236.2%—
Furniture Assembly44.2%—
LMArena Document1486—

Multilingual GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 56.4 (#20), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Non-English14671257
LMArena Chinese15331262
LMArena French14861286
LMArena German14801273
LMArena Japanese14981213
LMArena Korean14601195
LMArena Russian14731261
LMArena Spanish14681279

Instruction Following GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 77.5 (#18), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Instruction Following14791245

Long Context GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 48.3 (#12), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Longer Query14841266
CL-bench Life22.2%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.7 (#13), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Text14721281
LMArena Creative Writing14551242
LMArena Multi-Turn14761265
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1844—
EQ-Bench 41315—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 better than Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13?

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.5 or Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better for coding?

GPT-5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.2 versus 37.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 has 71 scored results on Noometry and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17.

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