Model comparison

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) vs Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.6 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads 52.8 to 19.5.
  • Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct specifications
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
ProviderxAIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index48.632.7
Released2026-02-17—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output30K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$2.50—
Results tracked4616

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 42.1 (#112), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 35.2 (#227)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding14591210
LMArena WebDev1375—
WeirdML52.3%—
ALE-Bench1,150—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 34.4 (#46), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
Terminal-Bench57.3%—
τ²-bench Banking18%—
LMArena Search1189—
Vending-Bench 24,663—

Reasoning Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.3 (#32), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 23.6 (#175)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14511208
ARC-AGI-265.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark75%—
NYT Connections (extended)85.4%—
ARC-AGI-189.5%—
Chess Puzzles24%—
Thematic Generalization63.8%—
DTBench90.1%—
LMCA38.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.98—
ForecastBench61.4—

Math Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 48.2 (#65), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 26.8 (#255)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Math14551208
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)44.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202592.2%—
ProofBench14%—
Omni-MATH—16.1%

Knowledge Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.8 (#60), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 19.5 (#279)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
GPQA Diamond89.3%—
SimpleQA Verified30.2%—
MMLU-Pro—41.4%
GPQA (HELM)—28.7%
LMArena Expert1439—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 33.3 (#98), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Vision1263—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1416—

Multilingual Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 54.5 (#40), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 34.8 (#248)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14411160
LMArena Chinese14811192
LMArena Russian14581187
LMArena French1476—
LMArena German1465—
LMArena Japanese1449—
LMArena Korean1417—
LMArena Spanish1443—

Instruction Following Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 74.8 (#83), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 61.5 (#244)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14201186
IFEval—78%

Long Context Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 45.5 (#34), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 36.2 (#234)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14371194
CL-bench22.2%—
CL-bench Life11.9%—

Writing & Preference Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 65.7 (#44), Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct: 42.1 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct
LMArena Text14511218
LMArena Creative Writing14381199
LMArena Multi-Turn14561221
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1574—
WildBench—73.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) better than Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct?

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.6 to 32.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) or Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct better for coding?

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.1 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) has 46 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct has 16.

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