Model comparison
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (33.7 vs 33.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 6 categories and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B leads 23.9 to 16.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 63.5% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and 42.7% for Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B.
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 33.0 |
| Released | 2024-08-13 | 2024-11-21 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 36.0 (#214)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1287 | 1235 |
| WeirdML | 22.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 46.4% | — |
Reasoning Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 23.9 (#169)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1272 | 1220 |
| SimpleBench | 22.7% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 54.8% | — |
| DTBench | 65.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 54.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.48 | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |
Math Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 14.2 (#303)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 11.5% | 4.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1283 | 1242 |
| MATH Level 5 | 63.5% | 42.7% |
| LiveBench Math | 54.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0.7% | — |
Knowledge Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 25.0 (#264)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 53.8% | 46.3% |
| Confabulations | 20.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1254 | — |
Multilingual Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 39.9 (#222)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1282 | 1236 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1289 | 1249 |
| LMArena Russian | 1286 | 1246 |
| 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), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 64.8 (#227)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | 1233 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 69.6% | — |
Long Context Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 37.1 (#222)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1276 | 1224 |
Writing & Preference Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 45.6 (#223)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1305 | 1256 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1284 | 1231 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | 1252 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 63.6% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 45.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B?
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (33.7 vs 33.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) or Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B better for coding?
Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.0 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B has 14.