# Claude 2 vs Grok 4.1 Fast

> Grok 4.1 Fast is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-2-vs-grok-4-1-fast
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Claude 2 scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 4.1 Fast in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Grok 4.1 Fast leads 31.9 to 9.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 51.9% for Claude 2 and 87.7% for Grok 4.1 Fast.

## Snapshot

| | Claude 2 | Grok 4.1 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 25.0 | 41.4 |
| Rank | 346 | 136 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.20 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.50 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Claude 2: —
- Grok 4.1 Fast: 34.1 (#245)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Grok 4.1 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1242 |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1411 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 394.93 |
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Claude 2: —
- Grok 4.1 Fast: 36.3 (#39)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Grok 4.1 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 69.6% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 13.1% |
| LMArena Search | — | 1171 |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 1,107 |

## Reasoning

- Claude 2: 21.7 (#216)
- Grok 4.1 Fast: 43.4 (#49)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Grok 4.1 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51.9% | 87.7% |
| SimpleBench | — | 56% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 87.4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1407 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.13 | — |
| ForecastBench | — | 61 |

## Math

- Claude 2: 9.3 (#320)
- Grok 4.1 Fast: 31.9 (#221)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Grok 4.1 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 60.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| ProofBench | — | 4% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1408 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Claude 2: 16.9 (#287)
- Grok 4.1 Fast: 33.1 (#207)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Grok 4.1 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 17.8% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1399 |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |

## Multimodal

- Claude 2: —
- Grok 4.1 Fast: 37.0 (#76)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Grok 4.1 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1201 |

## Multilingual

- Claude 2: —
- Grok 4.1 Fast: 51.0 (#114)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Grok 4.1 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1391 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1441 |
| LMArena French | — | 1415 |
| LMArena German | — | 1404 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1349 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1361 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1387 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1413 |

## Instruction Following

- Claude 2: —
- Grok 4.1 Fast: 72.7 (#133)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Grok 4.1 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1376 |

## Long Context

- Claude 2: —
- Grok 4.1 Fast: 42.4 (#126)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Grok 4.1 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1390 |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude 2: —
- Grok 4.1 Fast: 57.2 (#131)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Grok 4.1 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1408 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1394 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1327 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1389 |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 2 better than Grok 4.1 Fast?

Grok 4.1 Fast is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Grok 4.1 Fast share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.1 Fast has 32.