Model comparison
Grok 4.1 Fast vs Llama 2-7B
Grok 4.1 Fast is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.1 Fast scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok 4.1 Fast leads 57.2 to 28.0.
- Llama 2-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 4.1 Fast | Llama 2-7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 41.4 | 29.1 |
| Released | 2025-06-27 | 2023-07-18 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 30K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.20 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 32 | 29 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 4.1 Fast leads
Grok 4.1 Fast: 34.1 (#245), Llama 2-7B: 29.2 (#307)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 Fast | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1411 | 1002 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1242 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 394.93 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok 4.1 Fast: 36.3 (#39), Llama 2-7B: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 Fast | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 69.6% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 13.1% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1171 | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 1,107 | — |
Reasoning Grok 4.1 Fast leads
Grok 4.1 Fast: 43.4 (#49), Llama 2-7B: 15.7 (#312)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 Fast | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1407 | 1009 |
| SimpleBench | 56% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 87.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| DTBench | 87.7% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 39.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 99.06 |
| ForecastBench | 61 | — |
| HellaSwag | — | 77.2% |
| LAMBADA | — | 73.3% |
| PIQA | — | 78.8% |
| WinoGrande | — | 69.2% |
Math Grok 4.1 Fast leads
Grok 4.1 Fast: 31.9 (#221), Llama 2-7B: 30.7 (#233)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 Fast | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1408 | 1042 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 60.9% | — |
| ProofBench | 4% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 16.7% |
Knowledge Grok 4.1 Fast leads
Grok 4.1 Fast: 33.1 (#207), Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#248)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 Fast | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1399 | 1036 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 17.8% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 45.9% |
| BoolQ | — | 77.9% |
| MMLU | — | 45.8% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 58.6% |
| TriviaQA | — | 73.7% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Grok 4.1 Fast: 37.0 (#76), Llama 2-7B: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 Fast | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1201 | — |
| ScienceQA | — | 43.1% |
Multilingual Grok 4.1 Fast leads
Grok 4.1 Fast: 51.0 (#114), Llama 2-7B: 23.8 (#293)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 Fast | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1391 | 973 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1441 | 973 |
| LMArena French | 1415 | 970 |
| LMArena German | 1404 | 978 |
| LMArena Russian | 1387 | 995 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1413 | 1007 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1349 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1361 | — |
Instruction Following Grok 4.1 Fast leads
Grok 4.1 Fast: 72.7 (#133), Llama 2-7B: 50.8 (#298)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 Fast | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1376 | 1006 |
Long Context Grok 4.1 Fast leads
Grok 4.1 Fast: 42.4 (#126), Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#287)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 Fast | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1390 | 999 |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 Fast leads
Grok 4.1 Fast: 57.2 (#131), Llama 2-7B: 28.0 (#298)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 Fast | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1408 | 1053 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1394 | 1033 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1389 | 1029 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1327 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 4.1 Fast better than Llama 2-7B?
Grok 4.1 Fast is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 4.1 Fast or Llama 2-7B better for coding?
Grok 4.1 Fast scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.1 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 4.1 Fast and Llama 2-7B share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.1 Fast has 32 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-7B has 29.