Model comparison
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 35.4 to 12.6.
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.7 | 29.0 |
| Released | 2024-08-13 | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.17 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 36.5 (#208)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 37.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1269 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 46.1% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 23.8 (#124)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | — | 7.8% |
Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 14.8 (#322)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1255 | — |
| DTBench | — | 47.7% |
| LMCA | — | 6.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.51 |
Math Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 12.6 (#306)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.5% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 29.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1265 | — |
Knowledge Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 17.0 (#286)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 35.5% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 53.9% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 34.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1238 | — |
| MMLU | — | 72.9% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1257 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1262 | — |
| LMArena French | 1286 | — |
| LMArena German | 1273 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1213 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1195 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1261 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1279 | — |
Instruction Following Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 63.2 (#231)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 74.1% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1245 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1266 | — |
Writing & Preference Qwen2.5 7B Instruct leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 48.8 (#195)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1281 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1242 | — |
| WildBench | — | 73.1% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1265 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 or Qwen2.5 7B Instruct better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (37.0 vs 36.5); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Qwen2.5 7B 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 7B Instruct has 15.