Model comparison
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs Llama 3-8B
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 25.3 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 8 categories and Llama 3-8B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 33.4 to 7.8.
- Llama 3-8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama 3-8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 37.0 | 25.3 |
| Released | 2024-08-13 | 2024-04-18 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 8K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.14 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.14 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 34 |
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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 3-8B: 30.5 (#285)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama 3-8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1269 | 1152 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 31.9% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 36.9% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 56.7% |
| MBPP+ | — | 54.8% |
Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 23.7 (#162), Llama 3-8B: 13.8 (#321)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama 3-8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1255 | 1133 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| DTBench | — | 43.9% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 57.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 116.33 |
| ForecastBench | — | 58.6 |
| WinoGrande | — | 75.7% |
Math Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 32.8 (#185), Llama 3-8B: 8.3 (#317)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama 3-8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1265 | 1151 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 1.9% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 6.1% |
Knowledge Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.4 (#195), Llama 3-8B: 7.8 (#303)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama 3-8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1238 | 1113 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 26.1% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 82.8% |
| MMLU | — | 68.8% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 82.6% |
| TriviaQA | — | 67.7% |
Multilingual Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.6 (#203), Llama 3-8B: 31.0 (#256)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama 3-8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1257 | 1098 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1262 | 1076 |
| LMArena French | 1285 | 1158 |
| LMArena German | 1273 | 1104 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1213 | 967 |
| LMArena Korean | 1195 | 1003 |
| LMArena Russian | 1261 | 1109 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1278 | 1172 |
Instruction Following Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.7 (#215), Llama 3-8B: 58.7 (#255)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama 3-8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1245 | 1127 |
Long Context Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#191), Llama 3-8B: 34.2 (#246)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama 3-8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1267 | 1128 |
Writing & Preference Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.5 (#207), Llama 3-8B: 37.7 (#251)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Llama 3-8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1281 | 1166 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1242 | 1150 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1265 | 1152 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than Llama 3-8B?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 25.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 or Llama 3-8B better for coding?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.4 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Llama 3-8B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3-8B has 34.