# Claude 3 Haiku vs Grok-2 (Dec 2024)

> Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-haiku-vs-grok-2
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 24

## Summary

- They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Haiku scores higher in 0 categories and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads 48.8 to 29.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 14.9% for Claude 3 Haiku and 63.5% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024).

## Snapshot

| | Claude 3 Haiku | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 25.7 | 33.4 |
| Rank | 333 | 233 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Claude 3 Haiku: 26.1 (#320)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 32.9 (#254)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 9.8% | 22.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1199 | 1288 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 39.4% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 46.4% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 50.1% | — |
| CadEval | 12% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 68.9% | — |
| MBPP+ | 68.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- Claude 3 Haiku: 15.7 (#303)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.4 (#294)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1174 | 1272 |
| DTBench | 50.1% | 65.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 118.3 | 130.48 |
| SimpleBench | — | 22.7% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 34.2% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 54.8% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 54.5% |
| LMCA | 8.8% | — |
| ForecastBench | 53.2 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 54.3% |
| WinoGrande | 74.2% | — |

## Math

- Claude 3 Haiku: 9.2 (#313)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 19.6 (#278)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.8% | 11.5% |
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1283 |
| MATH Level 5 | 14.9% | 63.5% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 54.9% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 0.7% |

## Knowledge

- Claude 3 Haiku: 17.3 (#280)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#225)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 36.3% | 53.8% |
| Confabulations | 34.2% | 20.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1148 | 1254 |
| MMLU | 73.8% | — |

## Multimodal

- Claude 3 Haiku: 23.1 (#123)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 950 | — |
| ScienceQA | 72% | — |

## Multilingual

- Claude 3 Haiku: 36.1 (#238)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.3 (#183)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1178 | 1282 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1155 | 1289 |
| LMArena French | 1194 | 1317 |
| LMArena German | 1174 | 1287 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1102 | 1244 |
| LMArena Korean | 1108 | 1237 |
| LMArena Russian | 1204 | 1286 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1165 | 1281 |

## Instruction Following

- Claude 3 Haiku: 61.5 (#242)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 67.1 (#197)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1270 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 69.6% |

## Long Context

- Claude 3 Haiku: 36.1 (#232)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.7 (#186)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1191 | 1276 |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude 3 Haiku: 29.8 (#286)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.8 (#192)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1195 | 1305 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1157 | 1284 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1190 | 1290 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 63.6% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 717 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 45.6% |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 3 Haiku better than Grok-2 (Dec 2024)?

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Claude 3 Haiku or Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better for coding?

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.9 versus 26.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Haiku and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) share?

24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Haiku has 37 scored results on Noometry and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34.