Model comparison

Grok 4.5 vs Nemotron 4 340b Instruct

Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.5 xAI

55.0

Rank #25 Confirmed

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct NVIDIA

35.9

Rank #223 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.5 leads 56.1 to 23.4.
  • Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.5 and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct specifications
Grok 4.5Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
ProviderxAINVIDIA
Noometry Index55.035.9
Released2026-07-082024-06-14
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K—
Max output500K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$6—
Results tracked5217

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 52.2 (#35), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 35.2 (#228)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Coding14741209
DeepSWE53.8%—
FrontierCode42.4%—
LMArena WebDev1553—
SciCode54.1%—
WeirdML46.4%—
ALE-Bench1,309—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.5: 44.4 (#17), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
APEX-Agents56.2%—
τ²-bench Banking47.9%—
PostTrainBench23.4%—
GBAEval65.4%—
GDP.pdf14%—
LMArena Search1213—
Vending-Bench 23,887—

Reasoning Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 56.1 (#25), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 23.4 (#178)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14621202
ARC-AGI-252.6%—
SimpleBench70%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark83.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)79.9%—
ARC-AGI-187.2%—
CritPt15.4%—
Chess Puzzles36%—
DTBench96.5%—
LMCA45.2%—
Surface Evolver Bench74.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index153.92—

Math Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 60.9 (#35), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 34.3 (#195)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Math14591216
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 424.4%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.8%—
ProofBench31%—

Knowledge Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 62.3 (#24), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 32.0 (#216)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Expert14661171
GPQA Diamond93.4%—
SimpleQA Verified48.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.5: 37.6 (#72), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Vision1288—
Blueprint-Bench 227.3%—
Furniture Assembly22.5%—
LMArena Document1452—

Multilingual Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 54.4 (#42), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.9 (#233)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14401206
LMArena Chinese14961214
LMArena French14561197
LMArena German14461192
LMArena Japanese14281128
LMArena Korean14041148
LMArena Russian14481219
LMArena Spanish14501195

Instruction Following Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 76.0 (#48), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 63.1 (#232)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14461203

Long Context Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 44.8 (#56), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.1 (#221)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14631225

Writing & Preference Grok 4.5 leads

Grok 4.5: 65.8 (#42), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 42.7 (#233)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.5Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Text14481225
LMArena Creative Writing14421203
LMArena Multi-Turn14561214
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1579—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.5 better than Nemotron 4 340b Instruct?

Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.5 or Nemotron 4 340b Instruct better for coding?

Grok 4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.2 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.5 and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.5 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has 17.

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