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Model comparison

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) vs Palm 2

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.6 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) xAI

48.6

Rank #54 Confirmed

Palm 2 Google

30.0

Rank #298 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) 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 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads 65.7 to 25.6.

Side by side

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Palm 2
ProviderxAIGoogle
Noometry Index48.630.0
Released2026-02-17—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output30K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$2.50—
Results tracked4610

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 42.1 (#112), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Palm 2
LMArena Coding1459994
LMArena WebDev1375—
WeirdML52.3%—
ALE-Bench1,150—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 34.4 (#46), Palm 2: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Palm 2
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), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Palm 2
LMArena Hard Prompts14511005
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), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Palm 2
LMArena Math14551049
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)44.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202592.2%—
ProofBench14%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.8 (#60), Palm 2: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Palm 2
GPQA Diamond89.3%—
SimpleQA Verified30.2%—
LMArena Expert1439—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 33.3 (#98), Palm 2: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Palm 2
LMArena Vision1263—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1416—

Multilingual Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 54.5 (#40), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Palm 2
LMArena Non-English1441916
LMArena Chinese1481887
LMArena French1476—
LMArena German1465—
LMArena Japanese1449—
LMArena Korean1417—
LMArena Russian1458—
LMArena Spanish1443—

Instruction Following Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 74.8 (#83), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Palm 2
LMArena Instruction Following14201010

Long Context Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 45.5 (#34), Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Palm 2
LMArena Longer Query14371010
CL-bench22.2%—
CL-bench Life11.9%—

Writing & Preference Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 65.7 (#44), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)

BenchmarkGrok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)Palm 2
LMArena Text14511027
LMArena Creative Writing1438991
LMArena Multi-Turn1456994
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1574—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) better than Palm 2?

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.6 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) or Palm 2 better for coding?

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.1 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) and Palm 2 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) has 46 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.

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