Model comparison

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs OLMo 2 Furious 13B

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 7 shared benchmarks.

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) xAI

33.7

Rank #239 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 5 categories and OLMo 2 Furious 13B in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads 29.8 to 18.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Math: 54.9% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and 13.6% for OLMo 2 Furious 13B.
  • OLMo 2 Furious 13B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and OLMo 2 Furious 13B specifications
Grok-2 (Dec 2024)OLMo 2 Furious 13B
ProviderxAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index33.729.7
Released2024-08-132024-12-31
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3412

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Category by category

Coding Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258), OLMo 2 Furious 13B: 28.6 (#313)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)OLMo 2 Furious 13B
LiveBench Coding46.4%10.4%
WeirdML22.2%—
LMArena Coding1287—

Reasoning Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299), OLMo 2 Furious 13B: 15.5 (#314)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)OLMo 2 Furious 13B
LiveBench Reasoning54.8%16.3%
LiveBench Data Analysis54.5%20.6%
LiveBench54.3%22.1%
SimpleBench22.7%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1272—
DTBench65.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index130.48—

Math OLMo 2 Furious 13B leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284), OLMo 2 Furious 13B: 23.1 (#273)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)OLMo 2 Furious 13B
LiveBench Math54.9%13.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202511.5%—
Omni-MATH—15.6%
LMArena Math1283—
MATH Level 563.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0.7%—

Knowledge Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233), OLMo 2 Furious 13B: 18.3 (#283)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)OLMo 2 Furious 13B
GPQA Diamond53.8%—
MMLU-Pro—31%
Confabulations20.1%—
GPQA (HELM)—31.6%
LMArena Expert1254—

Multilingual Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188), OLMo 2 Furious 13B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)OLMo 2 Furious 13B
LMArena Non-English1282—
LMArena Chinese1289—
LMArena French1318—
LMArena German1287—
LMArena Japanese1244—
LMArena Korean1237—
LMArena Russian1286—
LMArena Spanish1281—

Instruction Following Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202), OLMo 2 Furious 13B: 60.9 (#248)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)OLMo 2 Furious 13B
LiveBench Instruction Following69.6%60.6%
IFEval—73%
LMArena Instruction Following1270—

Long Context Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190), OLMo 2 Furious 13B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)OLMo 2 Furious 13B
LMArena Longer Query1276—

Writing & Preference Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198), OLMo 2 Furious 13B: 42.9 (#230)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)OLMo 2 Furious 13B
LiveBench Language45.6%11.2%
LMArena Text1305—
LMArena Creative Writing1284—
Short-Story Creative Writing63.6%—
WildBench—68.9%
LMArena Multi-Turn1290—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than OLMo 2 Furious 13B?

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) or OLMo 2 Furious 13B better for coding?

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.3 versus 28.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and OLMo 2 Furious 13B share?

7 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and OLMo 2 Furious 13B has 12.

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