Model comparison

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Ring-2.6-1T

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has enough public results to be ranked (#233); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

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Grok-2 (Dec 2024) xAI

33.4

Rank #233 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Ring-2.6-1T leads 25.3 to 16.4.
  • Ring-2.6-1T has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Ring-2.6-1T specifications
Grok-2 (Dec 2024)Ring-2.6-1T
ProviderxAIAnt Group (inclusionAI)
Noometry Index33.436.3
Released2024-08-132026-05-14
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Results tracked343

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Category by category

Coding Ring-2.6-1T leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 32.9 (#254), Ring-2.6-1T: 40.1

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Ring-2.6-1T
SciCode—42.4%
WeirdML22.2%—
LiveBench Coding46.4%—
LMArena Coding1288—
ALE-Bench—432.57

Reasoning Ring-2.6-1T leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.4 (#294), Ring-2.6-1T: 25.3

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Ring-2.6-1T
SimpleBench22.7%—
CritPt—3.7%
LiveBench Reasoning54.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1272—
DTBench65.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis54.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index130.48—
LiveBench54.3%—

Math Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 19.6 (#278), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Ring-2.6-1T
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202511.5%—
LiveBench Math54.9%—
LMArena Math1283—
MATH Level 563.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0.7%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#225), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Ring-2.6-1T
GPQA Diamond53.8%—
Confabulations20.1%—
LMArena Expert1254—

Multilingual Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.3 (#183), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Ring-2.6-1T
LMArena Non-English1282—
LMArena Chinese1289—
LMArena French1317—
LMArena German1287—
LMArena Japanese1244—
LMArena Korean1237—
LMArena Russian1286—
LMArena Spanish1281—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 67.1 (#197), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Ring-2.6-1T
LiveBench Instruction Following69.6%—
LMArena Instruction Following1270—

Long Context Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.7 (#186), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Ring-2.6-1T
LMArena Longer Query1276—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.8 (#192), Ring-2.6-1T: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Ring-2.6-1T
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 Ring-2.6-1T?

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has enough public results to be ranked (#233); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) or Ring-2.6-1T better for coding?

Ring-2.6-1T scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Ring-2.6-1T share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Ring-2.6-1T has 3.

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