Noometry

Model comparison

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) xAI

33.7

Rank #239 Confirmed

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct Alibaba (Qwen)

30.1

Rank #297 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads 38.7 to 33.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 53.8% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and 46.1% for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.
  • Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.730.1
Released2024-08-132024-09
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.70
Output $ / M tokens—$2.80
Results tracked347

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Category by category

Coding Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.7 (#169)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
WeirdML22.2%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—45%
LiveBench Coding46.4%—
LMArena Coding1287—
BigCodeBench Complete—52.3%

Reasoning Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 19.2 (#266)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Epoch Capabilities Index130.48128.52
SimpleBench22.7%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
LiveBench Reasoning54.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1272—
DTBench65.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis54.5%—
LiveBench54.3%—

Math Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 16.2 (#296)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202511.5%7.4%
MATH Level 563.5%56.1%
LiveBench Math54.9%—
LMArena Math1283—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0.7%—

Knowledge Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#266)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
GPQA Diamond53.8%46.1%
Confabulations20.1%—
LMArena Expert1254—

Multilingual Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Non-English1282—
LMArena Chinese1289—
LMArena French1318—
LMArena German1287—
LMArena Japanese1244—
LMArena Korean1237—
LMArena Russian1286—
LMArena Spanish1281—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
LiveBench Instruction Following69.6%—
LMArena Instruction Following1270—

Long Context Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1276—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Text1305—
LMArena Creative Writing1284—
Short-Story Creative Writing63.6%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1290—
LiveBench Language45.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.7 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.

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