Model comparison

Grok 4 Fast vs Llama 3.2 1B

Grok 4 Fast is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 20.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4 Fast xAI

39.4

Rank #167 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 1B Meta

20.1

Rank #354 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4 Fast scores higher in 9 categories and Llama 3.2 1B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok 4 Fast leads 60.0 to 21.3.
  • Llama 3.2 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4 Fast and Llama 3.2 1B specifications
Grok 4 FastLlama 3.2 1B
ProviderxAIMeta
Noometry Index39.420.1
Released2025-09-192024-09-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—60K
Max output—54K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.027
Output $ / M tokens—$0.20
Results tracked3022

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4 Fast leads

Grok 4 Fast: 32.5 (#271), Llama 3.2 1B: 21.1 (#338)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4 FastLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Coding14291070
LMArena WebDev1159—
WeirdML42.9%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—8.2%
BigCodeBench Complete—11.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4 Fast leads

Grok 4 Fast: 29.5 (#86), Llama 3.2 1B: 14.6 (#150)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4 FastLlama 3.2 1B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—10.8%
τ²-bench Banking15.7%—
Cybench30%—
BALROG—6.6%
LMArena Search1171—

Reasoning Grok 4 Fast leads

Grok 4 Fast: 22.2 (#201), Llama 3.2 1B: 16.2 (#308)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4 FastLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Hard Prompts14121044
Epoch Capabilities Index144.2101.99
ARC-AGI-25.3%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark66.1%—
ARC-AGI-148.5%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
DTBench82.7%—
ForecastBench60.5—

Math Grok 4 Fast leads

Grok 4 Fast: 38.9 (#123), Llama 3.2 1B: 10.4 (#313)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4 FastLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Math14191086
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—0.6%

Knowledge Grok 4 Fast leads

Grok 4 Fast: 32.0 (#214), Llama 3.2 1B: 7.2 (#312)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4 FastLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Expert14111007
GPQA Diamond—23.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate19.7%—

Multilingual Grok 4 Fast leads

Grok 4 Fast: 51.3 (#111), Llama 3.2 1B: 23.8 (#292)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4 FastLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Non-English1396973
LMArena Chinese1457959
LMArena German13831014
LMArena Russian1389941
LMArena French1431—
LMArena Japanese1352—
LMArena Korean1357—
LMArena Spanish1415—

Instruction Following Grok 4 Fast leads

Grok 4 Fast: 73.2 (#121), Llama 3.2 1B: 52.4 (#290)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4 FastLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Instruction Following13871031

Long Context Grok 4 Fast leads

Grok 4 Fast: 63.2 (#3), Llama 3.2 1B: 31.9 (#274)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4 FastLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Longer Query14151050
Fiction.LiveBench94.4%—

Writing & Preference Grok 4 Fast leads

Grok 4 Fast: 60.0 (#102), Llama 3.2 1B: 21.3 (#310)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4 FastLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Text14071055
LMArena Creative Writing13871033
LMArena Multi-Turn14141030
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—200

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4 Fast better than Llama 3.2 1B?

Grok 4 Fast is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 20.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4 Fast or Llama 3.2 1B better for coding?

Grok 4 Fast scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.5 versus 21.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4 Fast and Llama 3.2 1B share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4 Fast has 30 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 1B has 22.

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