# Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Trinity Large Thinking

> Trinity Large Thinking is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

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

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 0 categories and Trinity Large Thinking in 8 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Trinity Large Thinking leads 37.6 to 20.8.
- Trinity Large Thinking has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Arcee AI |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 38.6 |
| Rank | 239 | 185 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.25 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.80 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258)
- Trinity Large Thinking: 34.1 (#244)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1287 | 1381 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1238 |
| SciCode | — | 36.1% |
| WeirdML | 22.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 46.4% | — |

## Reasoning

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299)
- Trinity Large Thinking: 16.9 (#298)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1272 | 1350 |
| SimpleBench | 22.7% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 16.5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.9% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 41.6% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 54.8% | — |
| DTBench | 65.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 54.5% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 15.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.48 | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |

## Math

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284)
- Trinity Large Thinking: 37.6 (#149)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1283 | 1366 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 11.5% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 54.9% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 63.5% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233)
- Trinity Large Thinking: 40.9 (#113)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1254 | 1360 |
| GPQA Diamond | 53.8% | — |
| Confabulations | 20.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 6.9% |

## Multilingual

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188)
- Trinity Large Thinking: 46.2 (#160)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1282 | 1325 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1289 | 1373 |
| LMArena French | 1318 | 1374 |
| LMArena German | 1287 | 1356 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1244 | 1311 |
| LMArena Korean | 1237 | 1306 |
| LMArena Russian | 1286 | 1337 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1281 | 1357 |

## Instruction Following

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202)
- Trinity Large Thinking: 70.5 (#162)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | 1334 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 69.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190)
- Trinity Large Thinking: 41.3 (#144)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1276 | 1355 |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198)
- Trinity Large Thinking: 53.8 (#158)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Trinity Large Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1305 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1284 | 1320 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | 1342 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 63.6% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 45.6% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than Trinity Large Thinking?

Trinity Large Thinking is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) or Trinity Large Thinking better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (33.3 vs 34.1); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Trinity Large Thinking share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Trinity Large Thinking has 24.