Model comparison
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent vs Llama 3.1-405B
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.5 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 3.1-405B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads 42.4 to 16.4.
- Llama 3.1-405B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | Llama 3.1-405B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 45.5 | 30.4 |
| Released | 2026-03-09 | 2024-07-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 30K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.25 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 20 | 42 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 42.4 (#91), Llama 3.1-405B: 32.7 (#257)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | Llama 3.1-405B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1458 | 1291 |
| WeirdML | — | 21.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: —, Llama 3.1-405B: 20.9 (#131)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | Llama 3.1-405B |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 7.4% |
| Cybench | — | 7.5% |
| LMArena Search | 1204 | — |
Reasoning Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 42.4 (#44), Llama 3.1-405B: 16.4 (#293)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | Llama 3.1-405B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1448 | 1270 |
| SimpleBench | — | 23% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 45% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 89.6% | — |
| DTBench | — | 61.4% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 82.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 128.76 |
| ForecastBench | — | 59.9 |
| HellaSwag | — | 89.2% |
| PIQA | — | 85.9% |
| WinoGrande | — | 89.2% |
Math Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 36.6 (#106), Llama 3.1-405B: 17.3 (#283)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | Llama 3.1-405B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1441 | 1281 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 9.7% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 24.9% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 49.8% |
Knowledge Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 39.7 (#116), Llama 3.1-405B: 30.4 (#221)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | Llama 3.1-405B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1445 | 1243 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 50.9% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 72.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 17.6% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 52.2% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 95.3% |
| MMLU | — | 84.5% |
| TriviaQA | — | 82.7% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 39.8 (#44), Llama 3.1-405B: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | Llama 3.1-405B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1259 | — |
Multilingual Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 54.6 (#40), Llama 3.1-405B: 40.9 (#209)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | Llama 3.1-405B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1440 | 1248 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1475 | 1242 |
| LMArena French | 1467 | 1278 |
| LMArena German | 1456 | 1252 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1405 | 1208 |
| LMArena Korean | 1416 | 1184 |
| LMArena Russian | 1457 | 1265 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1447 | 1259 |
Instruction Following Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 75.0 (#80), Llama 3.1-405B: 66.1 (#209)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | Llama 3.1-405B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 1259 |
| IFEval | — | 81.1% |
Long Context Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 43.7 (#84), Llama 3.1-405B: 38.4 (#192)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | Llama 3.1-405B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1430 | 1266 |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 64.1 (#57), Llama 3.1-405B: 39.1 (#246)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | Llama 3.1-405B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1450 | 1284 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1435 | 1262 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1451 | 1297 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 870 |
| WildBench | — | 78.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent better than Llama 3.1-405B?
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.5 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent or Llama 3.1-405B better for coding?
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 32.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent and Llama 3.1-405B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent has 20 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1-405B has 42.