Model comparison

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 xAI

37.7

Rank #198 Confirmed

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct Alibaba (Qwen)

30.1

Rank #297 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 35.4 to 16.2.
  • Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct specifications
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index37.730.1
Released2024-08-132024-09
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.70
Output $ / M tokens—$2.80
Results tracked177

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Category by category

Coding Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.7 (#169)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
BigCodeBench Instruct—45%
LMArena Coding1269—
BigCodeBench Complete—52.3%

Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 19.2 (#266)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Chess Puzzles—0%
LMArena Hard Prompts1255—
Epoch Capabilities Index—128.52

Math Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 16.2 (#296)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—7.4%
LMArena Math1265—
MATH Level 5—56.1%

Knowledge Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#266)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
GPQA Diamond—46.1%
LMArena Expert1238—

Multilingual Not comparable

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
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), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1245—

Long Context Not comparable

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1266—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Text1281—
LMArena Creative Writing1242—
LMArena Multi-Turn1265—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.7 versus 37.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.

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