Model comparison

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs Qwen3-1.7B

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 xAI

37.0

Rank #196 Confirmed

Qwen3-1.7B Alibaba (Qwen)

26.2

Rank #331 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 32.8 to 15.4.
  • Qwen3-1.7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Qwen3-1.7B specifications
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen3-1.7B
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index37.026.2
Released2024-08-132025-04-29
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked174

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 36.4 (#194), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen3-1.7B
LMArena Coding1269—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —, Qwen3-1.7B: 24.5 (#108)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen3-1.7B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—28.4%

Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 23.7 (#162), Qwen3-1.7B: 18.5 (#263)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen3-1.7B
Chess Puzzles—0%
LMArena Hard Prompts1255—

Math Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 32.8 (#185), Qwen3-1.7B: 15.4 (#288)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen3-1.7B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—8.1%
LMArena Math1265—

Knowledge Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.4 (#195), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#273)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen3-1.7B
GPQA Diamond—38%
LMArena Expert1238—

Multilingual Not comparable

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.6 (#203), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen3-1.7B
LMArena Non-English1257—
LMArena Chinese1262—
LMArena French1285—
LMArena German1273—
LMArena Japanese1213—
LMArena Korean1195—
LMArena Russian1261—
LMArena Spanish1278—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.7 (#215), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen3-1.7B
LMArena Instruction Following1245—

Long Context Not comparable

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#191), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen3-1.7B
LMArena Longer Query1267—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.5 (#207), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Qwen3-1.7B
LMArena Text1281—
LMArena Creative Writing1242—
LMArena Multi-Turn1265—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than Qwen3-1.7B?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Qwen3-1.7B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.

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