Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs Llama 3.1-70B

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 xAI

37.7

Rank #198 Confirmed

Llama 3.1-70B Meta

29.6

Rank #308 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 3.1-70B in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 35.4 to 13.5.
  • Llama 3.1-70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 3.1-70B
ProviderxAIMeta
Noometry Index37.729.6
Released2024-08-132024-07-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—128K
Max output—4K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.40
Output $ / M tokens—$0.40
Results tracked1735

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Category by category

Coding Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199), Llama 3.1-70B: 30.3 (#296)

BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 3.1-70B
LMArena Coding12691260
WeirdML—9%
BigCodeBench Instruct—46.1%
BigCodeBench Complete—54.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —, Llama 3.1-70B: 25.1 (#112)

BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 3.1-70B
TheAgentCompany—6.9%
BALROG—27.9%

Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159), Llama 3.1-70B: 21.6 (#220)

BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 3.1-70B
LMArena Hard Prompts12551241
DTBench—60%
LMCA—14.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index—125.92

Math Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185), Llama 3.1-70B: 13.5 (#304)

BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 3.1-70B
LMArena Math12651252
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—3.6%
Omni-MATH—21%
MATH Level 5—36.7%

Knowledge Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200), Llama 3.1-70B: 24.2 (#269)

BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 3.1-70B
LMArena Expert12381209
GPQA Diamond—44.2%
MMLU-Pro—65.3%
GPQA (HELM)—42.6%
MMLU—80.1%

Multilingual Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208), Llama 3.1-70B: 38.8 (#225)

BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 3.1-70B
LMArena Non-English12571219
LMArena Chinese12621215
LMArena French12861261
LMArena German12731222
LMArena Japanese12131132
LMArena Korean11951140
LMArena Russian12611234
LMArena Spanish12791253

Instruction Following Too close to call

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220), Llama 3.1-70B: 65.3 (#223)

BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 3.1-70B
LMArena Instruction Following12451231
IFEval—82.1%

Long Context Too close to call

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196), Llama 3.1-70B: 37.6 (#214)

BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 3.1-70B
LMArena Longer Query12661241

Writing & Preference Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211), Llama 3.1-70B: 35.4 (#267)

BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 3.1-70B
LMArena Text12811261
LMArena Creative Writing12421232
LMArena Multi-Turn12651256
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—784
WildBench—75.8%

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than Llama 3.1-70B?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 or Llama 3.1-70B better for coding?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 30.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Llama 3.1-70B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1-70B has 35.

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