Model comparison
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs QwQ-32B
QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 37.7 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 2 categories and QwQ-32B in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in long context, where QwQ-32B leads 49.0 to 38.4.
- QwQ-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | QwQ-32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.7 | 39.8 |
| Released | 2024-08-13 | 2024-11-28 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 17 | 36 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199), QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1269 | 1333 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 20.9% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 44.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 72.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.4% |
Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159), QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1255 | 1325 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 83.5% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 65% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 137.6 |
| ForecastBench | — | 58.3 |
| LiveBench | — | 72% |
Math QwQ-32B leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185), QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1265 | 1359 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 59.2% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 77.8% |
Knowledge QwQ-32B leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1238 | 1324 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 65.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 15.6% |
Multilingual QwQ-32B leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208), QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1257 | 1305 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1262 | 1378 |
| LMArena French | 1286 | 1336 |
| LMArena German | 1273 | 1313 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1213 | 1262 |
| LMArena Korean | 1195 | 1279 |
| LMArena Russian | 1261 | 1297 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1279 | 1354 |
Instruction Following QwQ-32B leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220), QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1245 | 1297 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 81.8% |
Long Context QwQ-32B leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196), QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1266 | 1308 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 83.3% |
Writing & Preference QwQ-32B leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211), QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1281 | 1329 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1242 | 1288 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1265 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 80.2% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1257 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 51.4% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than QwQ-32B?
QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 or QwQ-32B better for coding?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 35.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and QwQ-32B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.