Model comparison
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Nova Premier 1.0
Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where Nova Premier 1.0 leads 33.8 to 20.8.
Side by side
| Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Nova Premier 1.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 38.3 |
| Released | 2024-08-13 | 2025-04-30 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 10K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $12.50 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 22.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 46.4% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1287 | — |
Reasoning Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299), Nova Premier 1.0: 23.0 (#185)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 22.7% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 44.8% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 54.8% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1272 | — |
| DTBench | 65.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 54.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.48 | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |
Math Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284), Nova Premier 1.0: 33.8 (#199)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 11.5% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 35% |
| LiveBench Math | 54.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1283 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 63.5% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0.7% | — |
Knowledge Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233), Nova Premier 1.0: 35.8 (#180)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 53.8% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 72.6% |
| Confabulations | 20.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 51.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1254 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1282 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1289 | — |
| LMArena French | 1318 | — |
| LMArena German | 1287 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1244 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1237 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1286 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1281 | — |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202), Nova Premier 1.0: 66.8 (#204)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 69.6% | — |
| IFEval | — | 80.3% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1276 | — |
Writing & Preference Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198), Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#178)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1305 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1284 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 63.6% | — |
| WildBench | — | 78.8% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 45.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than Nova Premier 1.0?
Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Nova Premier 1.0 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Nova Premier 1.0 has 6.