Model comparison
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs Qwen3 8B
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 24.8 to 16.6.
- Qwen3 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.7 | 33.7 |
| Released | 2024-08-13 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.18 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199), Qwen3 8B: 34.0 (#248)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 22.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1269 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —, Qwen3 8B: 30.2 (#78)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 42.6% |
Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159), Qwen3 8B: 16.6 (#303)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1255 | — |
| DTBench | — | 59.7% |
| LMCA | — | 8.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 136.17 |
Math Too close to call
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185), Qwen3 8B: 34.9 (#191)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 56.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1265 | — |
Knowledge Qwen3 8B leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200), Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#173)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1238 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Not comparable
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1245 | — |
Long Context Too close to call
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196), Qwen3 8B: 37.9 (#210)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.1% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1266 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1281 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1242 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1265 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than Qwen3 8B?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 or Qwen3 8B better for coding?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 34.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Qwen3 8B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.