Model comparison

Grok Build 0.1 vs Qwen2-72B

Grok Build 0.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.8 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Grok Build 0.1 xAI

35.8

Rank #214 Reported

Qwen2-72B Alibaba (Qwen)

29.5

Rank #294 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in coding, where Grok Build 0.1 leads 42.5 to 28.7.
  • Qwen2-72B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok Build 0.1 and Qwen2-72B specifications
Grok Build 0.1Qwen2-72B
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index35.829.5
Released2026-04-162024-06-07
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window256K—
Max output256K—
Input $ / M tokens$1—
Output $ / M tokens$2—
Results tracked326

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Category by category

Coding Grok Build 0.1 leads

Grok Build 0.1: 42.5 (#90), Qwen2-72B: 28.7 (#303)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok Build 0.1Qwen2-72B
SciCode50.2%—
WeirdML—11.3%
BigCodeBench Instruct—38.5%
LMArena Coding—1196
BigCodeBench Complete—54%

Agentic & Tool Use Grok Build 0.1 leads

Grok Build 0.1: 22.5 (#122), Qwen2-72B: 16.9 (#138)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok Build 0.1Qwen2-72B
TheAgentCompany—1.1%
GBAEval2.4%—
METR Time Horizons—29.9%

Reasoning Grok Build 0.1 leads

Grok Build 0.1: 31.3 (#73), Qwen2-72B: 22.2 (#184)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok Build 0.1Qwen2-72B
CritPt9.1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1191
Epoch Capabilities Index—125.27

Math Not comparable

Grok Build 0.1: —, Qwen2-72B: 27.9 (#232)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok Build 0.1Qwen2-72B
LMArena Math—1235
MATH Level 5—39.1%

Knowledge Not comparable

Grok Build 0.1: —, Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#270)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok Build 0.1Qwen2-72B
GPQA Diamond—40.8%
LMArena Expert—1171
MMLU—82.4%

Multilingual Not comparable

Grok Build 0.1: —, Qwen2-72B: 36.0 (#239)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok Build 0.1Qwen2-72B
LMArena Non-English—1176
LMArena Chinese—1240
LMArena French—1169
LMArena German—1151
LMArena Japanese—1111
LMArena Korean—1083
LMArena Russian—1169
LMArena Spanish—1168

Instruction Following Not comparable

Grok Build 0.1: —, Qwen2-72B: 62.0 (#236)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok Build 0.1Qwen2-72B
LMArena Instruction Following—1181

Long Context Not comparable

Grok Build 0.1: —, Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#230)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok Build 0.1Qwen2-72B
LMArena Longer Query—1193

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Grok Build 0.1: —, Qwen2-72B: 41.0 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok Build 0.1Qwen2-72B
LMArena Text—1203
LMArena Creative Writing—1181
LMArena Multi-Turn—1195

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok Build 0.1 better than Qwen2-72B?

Grok Build 0.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.8 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok Build 0.1 or Qwen2-72B better for coding?

Grok Build 0.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.5 versus 28.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok Build 0.1 and Qwen2-72B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok Build 0.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.

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