Model comparison

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

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 xAI

37.7

Rank #198 Confirmed

Qwen2.5-Coder-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

33.4

Rank #245 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 37.0 to 22.6.
  • Qwen2.5-Coder-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B specifications
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen2.5-Coder-32B
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index37.733.4
Released2024-08-132024-09-18
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—33K
Max output—29K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.66
Output $ / M tokens—$1
Results tracked1731

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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-Coder-32B: 22.6 (#333)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Coding12691276
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—9%
Aider Polyglot—16.4%
BigCodeBench Instruct—49%
LiveBench Coding—56.9%
BigCodeBench Complete—58%
HumanEval+—87.2%
MBPP+—77%

Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 21.2 (#225)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts12551251
LiveBench Reasoning—42.1%
LiveBench Data Analysis—49.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index—119.49
HellaSwag—83%
LiveBench—46.2%
WinoGrande—80.8%

Math Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 33.3 (#204)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Math12651251
LiveBench Math—46.6%
GSM8K—93%

Knowledge Too close to call

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 33.4 (#203)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Expert12381221
ARC (AI2) Challenge—70.5%
MMLU—79.1%

Multilingual Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 37.8 (#235)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Non-English12571205
LMArena Chinese12621222
LMArena Russian12611228
LMArena French1286—
LMArena German1273—
LMArena Japanese1213—
LMArena Korean1195—
LMArena Spanish1279—

Instruction Following Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 61.4 (#245)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Instruction Following12451223
LiveBench Instruction Following—58.7%

Long Context Too close to call

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 38.0 (#208)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Longer Query12661251

Writing & Preference Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 41.6 (#240)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Text12811230
LMArena Creative Writing12421174
LMArena Multi-Turn12651222
LiveBench Language—23.3%

Frequently asked questions

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

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

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

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 22.6 in the Noometry coding category.

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

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B has 31.

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