Model comparison

Grok 4.1 vs Llama 3.1-70B

Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.1 xAI

41.5

Rank #134 Confirmed

Llama 3.1-70B Meta

29.6

Rank #308 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.1 scores higher in 9 categories and Llama 3.1-70B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok 4.1 leads 62.4 to 35.4.
  • Llama 3.1-70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.1 and Llama 3.1-70B specifications
Grok 4.1Llama 3.1-70B
ProviderxAIMeta
Noometry Index41.529.6
Released2025-11-172024-07-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—128K
Max output—4K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.40
Output $ / M tokens—$0.40
Results tracked1935

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.1 leads

Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253), Llama 3.1-70B: 30.3 (#296)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1Llama 3.1-70B
LMArena Coding14451260
LMArena WebDev1214—
WeirdML—9%
BigCodeBench Instruct—46.1%
BigCodeBench Complete—54.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.1 leads

Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49), Llama 3.1-70B: 25.1 (#112)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1Llama 3.1-70B
TheAgentCompany—6.9%
Cybench39%—
BALROG—27.9%

Reasoning Grok 4.1 leads

Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91), Llama 3.1-70B: 21.6 (#220)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1Llama 3.1-70B
LMArena Hard Prompts14351241
DTBench—60%
LMCA—14.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index—125.92

Math Grok 4.1 leads

Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120), Llama 3.1-70B: 13.5 (#304)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1Llama 3.1-70B
LMArena Math14221252
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—3.6%
Omni-MATH—21%
MATH Level 5—36.7%

Knowledge Grok 4.1 leads

Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133), Llama 3.1-70B: 24.2 (#269)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1Llama 3.1-70B
LMArena Expert14171209
GPQA Diamond—44.2%
MMLU-Pro—65.3%
GPQA (HELM)—42.6%
MMLU—80.1%

Multilingual Grok 4.1 leads

Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68), Llama 3.1-70B: 38.8 (#225)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1Llama 3.1-70B
LMArena Non-English14251219
LMArena Chinese14651215
LMArena French14481261
LMArena German14461222
LMArena Japanese13971132
LMArena Korean14071140
LMArena Russian14341234
LMArena Spanish14381253

Instruction Following Grok 4.1 leads

Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111), Llama 3.1-70B: 65.3 (#223)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1Llama 3.1-70B
LMArena Instruction Following14001231
IFEval—82.1%

Long Context Grok 4.1 leads

Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100), Llama 3.1-70B: 37.6 (#214)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1Llama 3.1-70B
LMArena Longer Query14161241

Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 leads

Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75), Llama 3.1-70B: 35.4 (#267)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1Llama 3.1-70B
LMArena Text14371261
LMArena Creative Writing14111232
LMArena Multi-Turn14371256
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—784
WildBench—75.8%

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.1 better than Llama 3.1-70B?

Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.1 or Llama 3.1-70B better for coding?

Grok 4.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.7 versus 30.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.1 and Llama 3.1-70B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1-70B has 35.

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