# Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct

> Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-2-mini-vs-qwen2-5-vl-72b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 24.8 to 20.7.
- Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.7 | 29.9 |
| Rank | 198 | 302 |
| Context | — | 131K |
| Input $/M | — | $2.80 |
| Output $/M | — | $8.40 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199)
- Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1269 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —
- Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: 18.6 (#144)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OSWorld | — | 5% |

## Reasoning

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159)
- Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: 20.7 (#233)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 36% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1255 | — |

## Math

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185)
- Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1265 | — |

## Knowledge

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200)
- Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1238 | — |

## Multimodal

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —
- Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: 33.5 (#97)

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1107 |
| Video-MME | — | 73.5% |
| GeoBench | — | 62% |
| SpatialViz-Bench | — | 33.3% |

## Multilingual

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208)
- Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1257 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1262 | — |
| LMArena French | 1286 | — |
| LMArena German | 1273 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1213 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1195 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1261 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1279 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220)
- Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1245 | — |

## Long Context

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196)
- Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1266 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211)
- Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1281 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1242 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1265 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct has 6.