Model comparison

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs Llama 2-7B

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 xAI

37.0

Rank #196 Confirmed

Llama 2-7B Meta

28.6

Rank #315 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 47.5 to 28.1.
  • Llama 2-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Llama 2-7B specifications
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 2-7B
ProviderxAIMeta
Noometry Index37.028.6
Released2024-08-132023-07-18
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1729

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Category by category

Coding Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 36.4 (#194), Llama 2-7B: 28.7 (#302)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 2-7B
LMArena Coding12691002

Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 23.7 (#162), Llama 2-7B: 15.1 (#309)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 2-7B
LMArena Hard Prompts12551009
Chess Puzzles—0%
BIG-Bench Hard—39.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index—98.54
HellaSwag—77.2%
LAMBADA—73.3%
PIQA—78.8%
WinoGrande—69.2%

Math Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 32.8 (#185), Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#231)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 2-7B
LMArena Math12651042
GSM8K—16.7%

Knowledge Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.4 (#195), Llama 2-7B: 27.7 (#243)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 2-7B
LMArena Expert12381036
ARC (AI2) Challenge—45.9%
BoolQ—77.9%
MMLU—45.8%
OpenBookQA—58.6%
TriviaQA—73.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —, Llama 2-7B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 2-7B
ScienceQA—43.1%

Multilingual Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.6 (#203), Llama 2-7B: 23.9 (#288)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 2-7B
LMArena Non-English1257973
LMArena Chinese1262973
LMArena French1285969
LMArena German1273978
LMArena Russian1261995
LMArena Spanish12781007
LMArena Japanese1213—
LMArena Korean1195—

Instruction Following Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.7 (#215), Llama 2-7B: 51.0 (#293)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 2-7B
LMArena Instruction Following12451006

Long Context Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#191), Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#282)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 2-7B
LMArena Longer Query1267999

Writing & Preference Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.5 (#207), Llama 2-7B: 28.1 (#293)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 2-7B
LMArena Text12811053
LMArena Creative Writing12421033
LMArena Multi-Turn12651029

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than Llama 2-7B?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 or Llama 2-7B better for coding?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.4 versus 28.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Llama 2-7B share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-7B has 29.

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