# Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Inkling

> Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-2-vs-inkling
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 23

## Summary

- They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 0 categories and Inkling in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Inkling leads 55.1 to 29.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 11.5% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and 88.9% for Inkling.
- Inkling has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 44.1 |
| Rank | 239 | 80 |
| Context | — | 66K |
| Input $/M | — | $1.87 |
| Output $/M | — | $4.68 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258)
- Inkling: 34.5 (#234)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 22.2% | 32.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1287 | 1464 |
| FrontierCode | — | 14% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1413 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 4.1% |
| SciCode | — | 47% |
| LiveBench Coding | 46.4% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 946 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —
- Inkling: 29.6 (#85)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 33.8% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 25% |

## Reasoning

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299)
- Inkling: 40.4 (#56)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 22.7% | 50% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1272 | 1451 |
| DTBench | 65.2% | 87.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.48 | 148.54 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 36.5% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 79.5% |
| CritPt | — | 5.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 21% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 54.8% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 54.5% | — |
| LMCA | — | 37.6% |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |

## Math

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284)
- Inkling: 31.3 (#225)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 11.5% | 88.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1283 | 1479 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 33.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 4.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Math | 54.9% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 63.5% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233)
- Inkling: 55.1 (#49)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 53.8% | 88.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1254 | 1465 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 40.3% |
| Confabulations | 20.1% | — |

## Multilingual

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188)
- Inkling: 54.0 (#52)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1282 | 1434 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1289 | 1490 |
| LMArena French | 1318 | 1458 |
| LMArena German | 1287 | 1446 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1244 | 1429 |
| LMArena Korean | 1237 | 1404 |
| LMArena Russian | 1286 | 1429 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1281 | 1448 |

## Instruction Following

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202)
- Inkling: 75.1 (#71)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | 1426 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 69.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190)
- Inkling: 43.8 (#86)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1276 | 1434 |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198)
- Inkling: 65.2 (#51)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1305 | 1441 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1284 | 1387 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | 1436 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 63.6% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1611 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1226 |
| LiveBench Language | 45.6% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than Inkling?

Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) or Inkling better for coding?

Inkling scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.5 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Inkling share?

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Inkling has 41.