Model comparison

Grok 4.1 vs Llama 3.2 90B

Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.1 xAI

41.5

Rank #134 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 90B Meta

27.5

Rank #331 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Grok 4.1 leads 38.9 to 11.1.
  • Llama 3.2 90B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.1 and Llama 3.2 90B specifications
Grok 4.1Llama 3.2 90B
ProviderxAIMeta
Noometry Index41.527.5
Released2025-11-172024-09-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Results tracked199

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena WebDev1214—
LMArena Coding1445—

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.1 leads

Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49), Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1Llama 3.2 90B
Cybench39%—
BALROG—27.3%

Reasoning Grok 4.1 leads

Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1Llama 3.2 90B
EnigmaEval—0.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts1435—
Epoch Capabilities Index—125.5

Math Grok 4.1 leads

Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120), Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1Llama 3.2 90B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—2.6%
LMArena Math1422—
MATH Level 5—39.4%

Knowledge Grok 4.1 leads

Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1Llama 3.2 90B
GPQA Diamond—41%
LMArena Expert1417—
MMLU—80.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.1: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Vision—1000
GeoBench—52%

Multilingual Not comparable

Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Non-English1425—
LMArena Chinese1465—
LMArena French1448—
LMArena German1446—
LMArena Japanese1397—
LMArena Korean1407—
LMArena Russian1434—
LMArena Spanish1438—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Instruction Following1400—

Long Context Not comparable

Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Longer Query1416—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.1Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Text1437—
LMArena Creative Writing1411—
LMArena Multi-Turn1437—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.1 better than Llama 3.2 90B?

Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.1 and Llama 3.2 90B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 90B has 9.

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