Model comparison
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs o1
o1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher in 0 categories and o1 in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in long context, where o1 leads 50.3 to 38.4.
Side by side
| Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | o1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 37.7 | 40.9 |
| Released | 2024-08-13 | 2024-09-12 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 200K |
| Max output | — | 100K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $60 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 52 |
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Category by category
Coding o1 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199), o1: 46.1 (#70)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | o1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1269 | 1367 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 61.7% |
| WeirdML | — | 47.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 69.7% |
| CadEval | — | 56% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 89% |
| MBPP+ | — | 80.2% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —, o1: 24.6 (#117)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | o1 |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 10% |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 51.1% |
Reasoning o1 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159), o1: 27.9 (#111)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | o1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1255 | 1371 |
| SimpleBench | — | 41.7% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 30.7% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 15% |
| EnigmaEval | — | 5.7% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 91.6% |
| DTBench | — | 74.7% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 65.5% |
| LMCA | — | 22.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 141.91 |
| LiveBench | — | 75.7% |
Math Too close to call
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185), o1: 36.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | o1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1265 | 1388 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 14.7% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 73.3% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 80.3% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 94.7% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 9.3% |
Knowledge o1 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200), o1: 41.5 (#110)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | o1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1238 | 1361 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 76.8% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 41.1% |
| Confabulations | — | 11.7% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —, o1: 34.2 (#93)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | o1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1168 |
| GeoBench | — | 80% |
| VPCT | — | 37% |
| SpatialViz-Bench | — | 41.4% |
Multilingual o1 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208), o1: 48.6 (#142)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | o1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1257 | 1358 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1262 | 1394 |
| LMArena French | 1286 | 1344 |
| LMArena German | 1273 | 1337 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1213 | 1346 |
| LMArena Korean | 1195 | 1396 |
| LMArena Russian | 1261 | 1356 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1279 | 1345 |
Instruction Following o1 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220), o1: 74.8 (#86)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | o1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1245 | 1367 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 81.5% |
Long Context o1 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196), o1: 50.3 (#9)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | o1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1266 | 1378 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 83.3% |
Writing & Preference o1 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211), o1: 55.6 (#144)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | o1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1281 | 1366 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1242 | 1348 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1265 | 1369 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 70.2% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 65.4% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than o1?
o1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 or o1 better for coding?
o1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.1 versus 37.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and o1 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and o1 has 52.