Model comparison

Grok 4.1 Fast vs Palm 2

Grok 4.1 Fast is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.1 Fast xAI

40.9

Rank #131 Confirmed

Palm 2 Google

29.4

Rank #296 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.1 Fast scores higher in 7 categories and Palm 2 in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok 4.1 Fast leads 57.4 to 25.7.

Side by side

Grok 4.1 Fast and Palm 2 specifications
Grok 4.1 FastPalm 2
ProviderxAIGoogle
Noometry Index40.929.4
Released2025-06-27—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window128K—
Max output30K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.20—
Output $ / M tokens$0.50—
Results tracked3210

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.1 Fast leads

Grok 4.1 Fast: 33.8 (#236), Palm 2: 28.5 (#306)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1 FastPalm 2
LMArena Coding1411995
LMArena WebDev1241—
ALE-Bench394.93—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.1 Fast: 36.1 (#35), Palm 2: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1 FastPalm 2
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard69.6%—
τ²-bench Banking13.1%—
LMArena Search1171—
Vending-Bench 21,107—

Reasoning Grok 4.1 Fast leads

Grok 4.1 Fast: 42.3 (#45), Palm 2: 18.2 (#270)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1 FastPalm 2
LMArena Hard Prompts14071005
SimpleBench56%—
NYT Connections (extended)87.4%—
DTBench87.7%—
ForecastBench61—

Math Grok 4.1 Fast leads

Grok 4.1 Fast: 30.9 (#201), Palm 2: 28.4 (#229)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1 FastPalm 2
LMArena Math14081049
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions60.9%—
ProofBench4%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Grok 4.1 Fast: 32.6 (#203), Palm 2: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1 FastPalm 2
Vectara Hallucination Rate17.8%—
LMArena Expert1398—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.1 Fast: 36.3 (#71), Palm 2: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1 FastPalm 2
LMArena Vision1201—

Multilingual Grok 4.1 Fast leads

Grok 4.1 Fast: 51.1 (#110), Palm 2: 21.1 (#290)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1 FastPalm 2
LMArena Non-English1391916
LMArena Chinese1441887
LMArena French1416—
LMArena German1404—
LMArena Japanese1347—
LMArena Korean1361—
LMArena Russian1387—
LMArena Spanish1411—

Instruction Following Grok 4.1 Fast leads

Grok 4.1 Fast: 72.8 (#127), Palm 2: 51.3 (#291)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1 FastPalm 2
LMArena Instruction Following13761010

Long Context Grok 4.1 Fast leads

Grok 4.1 Fast: 42.4 (#121), Palm 2: 30.7 (#280)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1 FastPalm 2
LMArena Longer Query13901010

Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 Fast leads

Grok 4.1 Fast: 57.4 (#126), Palm 2: 25.7 (#299)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1 FastPalm 2
LMArena Text14081027
LMArena Creative Writing1394991
LMArena Multi-Turn1389994
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1327—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.1 Fast better than Palm 2?

Grok 4.1 Fast is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.1 Fast or Palm 2 better for coding?

Grok 4.1 Fast scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.8 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.1 Fast and Palm 2 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.1 Fast has 32 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.

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