# Grok 4.1 vs Llama 2-7B

> Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-1-vs-llama-2-7b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 15

## Summary

- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok 4.1 leads 62.6 to 28.1.
- Llama 2-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Grok 4.1 | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 40.8 | 28.6 |
| Rank | 135 | 315 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Grok 4.1: 33.4 (#246)
- Llama 2-7B: 28.7 (#302)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1445 | 1002 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1214 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok 4.1: 33.8 (#47)
- Llama 2-7B: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 39% | — |

## Reasoning

- Grok 4.1: 28.3 (#91)
- Llama 2-7B: 15.1 (#309)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1436 | 1009 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 39.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 98.54 |
| HellaSwag | — | 77.2% |
| LAMBADA | — | 73.3% |
| PIQA | — | 78.8% |
| WinoGrande | — | 69.2% |

## Math

- Grok 4.1: 36.2 (#124)
- Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#231)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1422 | 1042 |
| GSM8K | — | 16.7% |

## Knowledge

- Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#129)
- Llama 2-7B: 27.7 (#243)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1417 | 1036 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 45.9% |
| BoolQ | — | 77.9% |
| MMLU | — | 45.8% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 58.6% |
| TriviaQA | — | 73.7% |

## Multimodal

- Grok 4.1: —
- Llama 2-7B: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | — | 43.1% |

## Multilingual

- Grok 4.1: 53.6 (#64)
- Llama 2-7B: 23.9 (#288)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1425 | 973 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1464 | 973 |
| LMArena French | 1448 | 969 |
| LMArena German | 1447 | 978 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | 995 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1438 | 1007 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1396 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1407 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Grok 4.1: 74.0 (#106)
- Llama 2-7B: 51.0 (#293)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1400 | 1006 |

## Long Context

- Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#96)
- Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#282)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1416 | 999 |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok 4.1: 62.6 (#71)
- Llama 2-7B: 28.1 (#293)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | Llama 2-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | 1053 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1411 | 1033 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1438 | 1029 |

## FAQ

### Is Grok 4.1 better than Llama 2-7B?

Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok 4.1 or Llama 2-7B better for coding?

Grok 4.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.4 versus 28.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Grok 4.1 and Llama 2-7B share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-7B has 29.