# Dolly 2.0-12b vs Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)

> Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.6 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dolly-2-0-12b-vs-grok-4-20
- 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 0 categories and Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads 65.7 to 15.2.
- Dolly 2.0-12b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 25.5 | 48.6 |
| Rank | 342 | 54 |
| Context | — | 1M |
| Input $/M | — | $1.25 |
| Output $/M | — | $2.50 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332)
- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 42.1 (#112)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1459 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1375 |
| WeirdML | — | 52.3% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,150 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Dolly 2.0-12b: —
- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 34.4 (#46)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 57.3% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 18% |
| LMArena Search | — | 1189 |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 4,663 |

## Reasoning

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316)
- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.3 (#32)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1451 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 89.67 | 151.98 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 65.1% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 75% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 85.4% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 89.5% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 24% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 63.8% |
| DTBench | — | 90.1% |
| LMCA | — | 38.7% |
| ForecastBench | — | 61.4 |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |

## Math

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251)
- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 48.2 (#65)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1455 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 44.9% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 17.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 92.2% |
| ProofBench | — | 14% |

## Knowledge

- Dolly 2.0-12b: —
- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.8 (#60)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 89.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 30.2% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1439 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |

## Multimodal

- Dolly 2.0-12b: —
- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 33.3 (#98)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1263 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 0% |
| LMArena Document | — | 1416 |

## Multilingual

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296)
- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 54.5 (#40)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1441 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 1481 |
| LMArena French | — | 1476 |
| LMArena German | — | 1465 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1449 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1417 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1458 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1443 |

## Instruction Following

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304)
- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 74.8 (#83)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1420 |

## Long Context

- Dolly 2.0-12b: —
- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 45.5 (#34)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | — | 22.2% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 11.9% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1437 |

## Writing & Preference

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311)
- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 65.7 (#44)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1451 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1438 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1456 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1574 |

## FAQ

### Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)?

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.6 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) better for coding?

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.1 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) has 46.