# Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs o1-mini

> Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-2-mini-vs-o1-mini
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher in 2 categories and o1-mini in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 23.7 to 8.9.

## Snapshot

| | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 37.0 | 33.7 |
| Rank | 196 | 230 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 36.4 (#194)
- o1-mini: 35.1 (#218)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1269 | 1362 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 32.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 36.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 48% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 89% |
| MBPP+ | — | 78.8% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —
- o1-mini: 24.3 (#112)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 10% |

## Reasoning

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 23.7 (#162)
- o1-mini: 8.9 (#340)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1255 | 1333 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0.8% |
| SimpleBench | — | 18.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 14% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 72.3% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 57.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 135.82 |
| LiveBench | — | 57.8% |

## Math

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 32.8 (#185)
- o1-mini: 33.7 (#168)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1265 | 1358 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 46.9% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 62% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 89.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |

## Knowledge

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.4 (#195)
- o1-mini: 34.8 (#180)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1238 | 1316 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 62.4% |
| Confabulations | — | 18.6% |

## Multilingual

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.6 (#203)
- o1-mini: 43.8 (#177)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1257 | 1289 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1262 | 1314 |
| LMArena French | 1285 | 1292 |
| LMArena German | 1273 | 1278 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1213 | 1245 |
| LMArena Korean | 1195 | 1223 |
| LMArena Russian | 1261 | 1283 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1278 | 1302 |

## Instruction Following

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.7 (#215)
- o1-mini: 67.0 (#200)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1245 | 1304 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 65.4% |

## Long Context

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#191)
- o1-mini: 40.1 (#156)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1267 | 1321 |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.5 (#207)
- o1-mini: 48.6 (#196)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1281 | 1317 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1242 | 1244 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1265 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 64.9% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 40.9% |

## FAQ

### Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than o1-mini?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 or o1-mini better for coding?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.4 versus 35.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and o1-mini share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.