Model comparison

Grok 3 vs Palm 2

Grok 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Grok 3 xAI

39.9

Rank #157 Confirmed

Palm 2 Google

30.0

Rank #298 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 3 scores higher in 6 categories and Palm 2 in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where Grok 3 leads 52.3 to 20.9.

Side by side

Grok 3 and Palm 2 specifications
Grok 3Palm 2
ProviderxAIGoogle
Noometry Index39.930.0
Released2025-04-09—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked4010

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Category by category

Coding Grok 3 leads

Grok 3: 41.9 (#115), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Palm 2
LMArena Coding1432994
Aider Polyglot53.3%—
WeirdML37.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 3: 30.5 (#76), Palm 2: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Palm 2
BALROG29.5%—

Reasoning Palm 2 leads

Grok 3: 13.7 (#333), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Palm 2
LMArena Hard Prompts14341005
ARC-AGI-20%—
SimpleBench36.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark61.3%—
ARC-AGI-15.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index138.33—

Math Grok 3 leads

Grok 3: 38.0 (#145), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Palm 2
LMArena Math13911049
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202555.6%—
Omni-MATH46.4%—
MATH Level 588.7%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)3.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Grok 3: 46.2 (#82), Palm 2: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Palm 2
GPQA Diamond75.8%—
MMLU-Pro78.8%—
Confabulations14.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.8%—
GPQA (HELM)65%—
LMArena Expert1421—

Multilingual Grok 3 leads

Grok 3: 52.3 (#87), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Palm 2
LMArena Non-English1410916
LMArena Chinese1448887
LMArena French1460—
LMArena German1431—
LMArena Japanese1387—
LMArena Korean1373—
LMArena Russian1416—
LMArena Spanish1417—

Instruction Following Grok 3 leads

Grok 3: 75.0 (#73), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Palm 2
LMArena Instruction Following14091010
IFEval88.4%—

Long Context Grok 3 leads

Grok 3: 38.7 (#192), Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Palm 2
LMArena Longer Query14391010
Fiction.LiveBench58.3%—

Writing & Preference Grok 3 leads

Grok 3: 55.8 (#141), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 3Palm 2
LMArena Text14261027
LMArena Creative Writing1414991
LMArena Multi-Turn1425994
Short-Story Creative Writing76.4%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1186—
WildBench84.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 3 better than Palm 2?

Grok 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 3 or Palm 2 better for coding?

Grok 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 3 and Palm 2 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 3 has 40 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.

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