# Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Qwen Plus

> Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-2-vs-qwen-plus
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 1 category and Qwen Plus in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen Plus leads 28.4 to 16.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 65.2% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and 81.1% for Qwen Plus.

## Snapshot

| | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 37.1 |
| Rank | 239 | 210 |
| Context | — | 1M |
| Input $/M | — | $0.40 |
| Output $/M | — | $1.20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258)
- Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1287 | 1328 |
| WeirdML | 22.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 46.4% | — |

## Reasoning

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299)
- Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1272 | 1317 |
| DTBench | 65.2% | 81.1% |
| SimpleBench | 22.7% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.3% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 54.8% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 54.5% | — |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.48 | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |

## Math

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284)
- Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 11.5% | 17.8% |
| LMArena Math | 1283 | 1326 |
| MATH Level 5 | 63.5% | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0.7% | 1.7% |
| LiveBench Math | 54.9% | — |

## Knowledge

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233)
- Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 53.8% | 48.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1254 | 1328 |
| Confabulations | 20.1% | — |

## Multilingual

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188)
- Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1282 | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1289 | 1347 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1244 | 1251 |
| LMArena Russian | 1286 | 1323 |
| LMArena French | 1318 | — |
| LMArena German | 1287 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1237 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1281 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202)
- Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | 1303 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 69.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190)
- Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1276 | 1324 |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198)
- Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1305 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1284 | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | 1336 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 63.6% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 45.6% | — |

## FAQ

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

Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

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

Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.

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

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.