# Dolly 2.0-12b vs Grok-2 (Dec 2024)

> Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dolly-2-0-12b-vs-grok-2
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 10

## Summary

- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 1 category and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads 48.8 to 15.3.
- Dolly 2.0-12b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 24.9 | 33.4 |
| Rank | 339 | 233 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.0 (#327)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 32.9 (#254)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1288 |
| WeirdML | — | 22.2% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 46.4% |

## Reasoning

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 14.6 (#315)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.4 (#294)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1272 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 88.94 | 130.48 |
| SimpleBench | — | 22.7% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 54.8% |
| DTBench | — | 65.2% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 54.5% |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| LiveBench | — | 54.3% |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |

## Math

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 25.0 (#250)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 19.6 (#278)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1283 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 11.5% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 54.9% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 63.5% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 0.7% |

## Knowledge

- Dolly 2.0-12b: —
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#225)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 53.8% |
| Confabulations | — | 20.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1254 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |

## Multilingual

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#291)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.3 (#183)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1282 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 1289 |
| LMArena French | — | 1317 |
| LMArena German | — | 1287 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1244 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1237 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1286 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1281 |

## Instruction Following

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.9 (#299)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 67.1 (#197)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1270 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 69.6% |

## Long Context

- Dolly 2.0-12b: —
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.7 (#186)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1276 |

## Writing & Preference

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#306)
- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.8 (#192)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1305 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1284 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1290 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 63.6% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 45.6% |

## FAQ

### Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Grok-2 (Dec 2024)?

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better for coding?

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.9 versus 23.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34.