Model comparison
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 35.4 to 19.3.
- Qwen2.5 72B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.7 | 31.9 |
| Released | 2024-08-13 | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $5.60 |
| 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: 37.0 (#199), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 33.2 (#260)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1269 | 1292 |
| WeirdML | — | 16% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 55.9% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 22.1 (#133)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 5.7% |
| BALROG | — | 16.2% |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 35.8% |
Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 22.3 (#199)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1255 | 1271 |
| DTBench | — | 62.9% |
| LMCA | — | 13.4% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 129 |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.5 |
| HellaSwag | — | 84.8% |
| PIQA | — | 82.6% |
| WinoGrande | — | 82.3% |
Math Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 19.3 (#287)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1265 | 1283 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 8.1% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 33% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 63.2% |
Knowledge Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 27.0 (#253)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1238 | 1245 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 49.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 63.1% |
| Confabulations | — | 19.1% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 42.6% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 94.5% |
| MMLU | — | 85.3% |
| TriviaQA | — | 71.9% |
Multilingual Too close to call
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 41.0 (#213)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1257 | 1252 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1262 | 1272 |
| LMArena French | 1286 | 1280 |
| LMArena German | 1273 | 1234 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1213 | 1180 |
| LMArena Korean | 1195 | 1188 |
| LMArena Russian | 1261 | 1264 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1279 | 1256 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 65.5 (#221)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1245 | 1254 |
| IFEval | — | 80.6% |
Long Context Too close to call
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 38.9 (#188)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1266 | 1282 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211), Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: 46.7 (#215)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1281 | 1269 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1242 | 1221 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1265 | 1272 |
| WildBench | — | 80.2% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct better for coding?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 33.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct has 43.