Model comparison
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (33.7 vs 32.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 5 categories and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads 29.8 to 19.5.
- Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 32.7 |
| Released | 2024-08-13 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 16 |
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Category by category
Coding Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1287 | 1210 |
| WeirdML | 22.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 46.4% | — |
Reasoning Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1272 | 1208 |
| SimpleBench | 22.7% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 54.8% | — |
| DTBench | 65.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 54.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.48 | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |
Math Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1283 | 1208 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 11.5% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 16.1% |
| LiveBench Math | 54.9% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 63.5% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0.7% | — |
Knowledge Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 53.8% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 41.4% |
| Confabulations | 20.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 28.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1254 | — |
Multilingual Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1282 | 1160 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1289 | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | 1286 | 1187 |
| LMArena French | 1318 | — |
| LMArena German | 1287 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1244 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1237 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1281 | — |
Instruction Following Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | 1186 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 69.6% | — |
| IFEval | — | 78% |
Long Context Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1276 | 1194 |
Writing & Preference Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1305 | 1218 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1284 | 1199 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | 1221 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 63.6% | — |
| WildBench | — | 73.4% |
| LiveBench Language | 45.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (33.7 vs 32.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?
Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.2 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.