Model comparison

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs Llama 3.2 90B

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 xAI

37.7

Rank #198 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 90B Meta

27.5

Rank #331 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 35.4 to 11.1.
  • Llama 3.2 90B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Llama 3.2 90B specifications
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 3.2 90B
ProviderxAIMeta
Noometry Index37.727.5
Released2024-08-132024-09-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Results tracked179

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Coding1269—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 3.2 90B
BALROG—27.3%

Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 3.2 90B
EnigmaEval—0.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts1255—
Epoch Capabilities Index—125.5

Math Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185), Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 3.2 90B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—2.6%
LMArena Math1265—
MATH Level 5—39.4%

Knowledge Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 3.2 90B
GPQA Diamond—41%
LMArena Expert1238—
MMLU—80.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Vision—1000
GeoBench—52%

Multilingual Not comparable

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Non-English1257—
LMArena Chinese1262—
LMArena French1286—
LMArena German1273—
LMArena Japanese1213—
LMArena Korean1195—
LMArena Russian1261—
LMArena Spanish1279—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Instruction Following1245—

Long Context Not comparable

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Longer Query1266—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Text1281—
LMArena Creative Writing1242—
LMArena Multi-Turn1265—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than Llama 3.2 90B?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Llama 3.2 90B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 90B has 9.

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