Model comparison

GPT-5 Nano vs Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 33.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5 Nano OpenAI

33.5

Rank #241 Confirmed

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 xAI

37.7

Rank #198 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5 Nano scores higher in 3 categories and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where GPT-5 Nano leads 75.0 to 65.5.

Side by side

GPT-5 Nano and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 specifications
GPT-5 NanoGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
ProviderOpenAIxAI
Noometry Index33.537.7
Released2025-08-072024-08-13
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.05—
Output $ / M tokens$0.40—
Results tracked4917

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Category by category

Coding Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

GPT-5 Nano: 33.6 (#254), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 NanoGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Coding13511269
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)34.8%—
WeirdML38.1%—
ALE-Bench718.67—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5 Nano: 25.8 (#106), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 NanoGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
Terminal-Bench21.8%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard51.5%—

Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

GPT-5 Nano: 16.3 (#306), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 NanoGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Hard Prompts13281255
ARC-AGI-22.6%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark62.2%—
ARC-AGI-120.7%—
Chess Puzzles27%—
Mystery Game Puzzles9%—
DTBench62.7%—
LMCA7.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index139.38—
ForecastBench59.1—

Math Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

GPT-5 Nano: 29.4 (#241), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 NanoGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Math13171265
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)20%—
FrontierMath Tier 42.4%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202581.1%—
ProofBench12%—
Omni-MATH54.6%—
MATH Level 595.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)8.3%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge GPT-5 Nano leads

GPT-5 Nano: 35.9 (#178), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 NanoGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Expert13211238
GPQA Diamond69.4%—
SimpleQA Verified11.7%—
MMLU-Pro77.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.5%—
GPQA (HELM)67.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5 Nano: 31.3 (#108), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 NanoGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Vision1159—
VPCT37.2%—

Multilingual GPT-5 Nano leads

GPT-5 Nano: 45.3 (#172), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 NanoGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Non-English13131257
LMArena Chinese13561262
LMArena German13271273
LMArena Japanese12261213
LMArena Korean12691195
LMArena Russian12961261
LMArena Spanish13601279
LMArena French—1286

Instruction Following GPT-5 Nano leads

GPT-5 Nano: 75.0 (#79), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 NanoGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Instruction Following13061245
IFEval93.2%—

Long Context Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

GPT-5 Nano: 31.3 (#281), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 NanoGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Longer Query13121266
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%—

Writing & Preference Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

GPT-5 Nano: 39.1 (#249), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 NanoGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Text13201281
LMArena Creative Writing12491242
LMArena Multi-Turn13111265
EQ-Bench Creative Writing705—
WildBench80.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5 Nano better than Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 33.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5 Nano or Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better for coding?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 33.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5 Nano and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5 Nano has 49 scored results on Noometry and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17.

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