# Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

> Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-2-vs-qwen2-5-7b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 4

## Summary

- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct in 2 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads 29.8 to 17.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 53.8% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and 35.5% for Qwen2.5 7B Instruct.
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 29.0 |
| Rank | 239 | 320 |
| Context | — | 131K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.17 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.70 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258)
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 36.5 (#208)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 22.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 37.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | 46.4% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1287 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 46.1% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 23.8 (#124)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | — | 7.8% |

## Reasoning

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299)
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 14.8 (#322)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 65.2% | 47.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.48 | 118.51 |
| SimpleBench | 22.7% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 54.8% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1272 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 54.5% | — |
| LMCA | — | 6.4% |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |

## Math

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284)
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 12.6 (#306)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 11.5% | 2.5% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 29.4% |
| LiveBench Math | 54.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1283 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 63.5% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233)
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 17.0 (#286)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 53.8% | 35.5% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 53.9% |
| Confabulations | 20.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 34.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1254 | — |
| MMLU | — | 72.9% |

## Multilingual

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188)
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1282 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1289 | — |
| LMArena French | 1318 | — |
| LMArena German | 1287 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1244 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1237 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1286 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1281 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202)
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 63.2 (#231)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 69.6% | — |
| IFEval | — | 74.1% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | — |

## Long Context

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190)
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1276 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198)
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 48.8 (#195)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1305 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1284 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 63.6% | — |
| WildBench | — | 73.1% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 45.6% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct?

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) or Qwen2.5 7B Instruct better for coding?

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.5 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has 15.