Model comparison
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.7 vs 37.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher in 3 categories and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct in 5 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 37.7 | 37.6 |
| Released | 2024-08-13 | 2024-12-18 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 17 | 14 |
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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 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.9 (#216)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1269 | 1272 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 38.7% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 48.2% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 25.0 (#152)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1255 | 1266 |
Math Too close to call
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.5 (#182)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1265 | 1271 |
Knowledge Too close to call
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 34.1 (#199)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1238 | 1242 |
Multilingual Too close to call
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 40.5 (#217)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1257 | 1245 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1262 | 1263 |
| LMArena Russian | 1261 | 1227 |
| LMArena French | 1286 | — |
| LMArena German | 1273 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1213 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1195 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1279 | — |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 65.9 (#213)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1245 | 1252 |
Long Context Too close to call
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#215)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1266 | 1238 |
Writing & Preference Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 48.4 (#203)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1281 | 1283 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1242 | 1269 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1265 | 1275 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.7 vs 37.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 or Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct better for coding?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 35.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct has 14.