Model comparison
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher in 6 categories and Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 32.8 to 14.3.
- Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 37.0 | 30.3 |
| Released | 2024-08-13 | 2024-12-06 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.32 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 43 |
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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-3.3-70B-Instruct: 30.6 (#284)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1269 | 1268 |
| SciCode | — | 26% |
| WeirdML | — | 14.4% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 46.9% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 36.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 57.5% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —, Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 25.6 (#100)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 31.9% |
| BALROG | — | 23% |
Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 23.7 (#162), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 13.7 (#325)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1255 | 1257 |
| SimpleBench | — | 19.9% |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 50.8% |
| DTBench | — | 59.5% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 49.5% |
| LMCA | — | 17.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 127.32 |
| ForecastBench | — | 58.6 |
| LiveBench | — | 50.2% |
Math Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 32.8 (#185), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 14.3 (#292)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1265 | 1268 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 5.1% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 42.2% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 41.6% |
Knowledge Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.4 (#195), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 30.5 (#220)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1238 | 1225 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 47.4% |
| Confabulations | — | 22.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.1% |
| MMLU | — | 86.3% |
Multilingual Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.6 (#203), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 40.1 (#215)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1257 | 1236 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1262 | 1217 |
| LMArena French | 1285 | 1280 |
| LMArena German | 1273 | 1251 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1213 | 1149 |
| LMArena Korean | 1195 | 1142 |
| LMArena Russian | 1261 | 1252 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1278 | 1269 |
Instruction Following Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.7 (#215), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 71.3 (#152)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1245 | 1242 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 82.7% |
Long Context Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#191), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 26.4 (#290)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1267 | 1256 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 33.3% |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.5 (#207), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 47.8 (#203)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1281 | 1274 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1242 | 1250 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1265 | 1279 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 39.2% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 or Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct better for coding?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.4 versus 30.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct has 43.