Model comparison
Granite 4.0 Micro vs Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 33.9 to 9.9.
- Granite 4.0 Micro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 Micro | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 37.7 |
| Released | 2025-10-02 | 2024-08-13 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 118K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.017 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.11 | — |
| Results tracked | 8 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1269 |
Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1255 |
Math Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1265 |
Knowledge Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1238 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1257 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1262 |
| LMArena French | — | 1286 |
| LMArena German | — | 1273 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1213 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1195 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1261 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1279 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1245 |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1266 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1281 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1242 |
| WildBench | 67% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1265 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17.