Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 37.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google

56.7

Rank #20 Confirmed

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 xAI

37.0

Rank #196 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 8 categories and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 23.7.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 specifications
Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index56.737.0
Released2026-02-192024-08-13
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$12—
Results tracked7117

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.7 (#88), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 36.4 (#194)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Coding14831269
SWE-bench Verified75.6%—
DeepSWE11.7%—
LMArena WebDev1446—
SciCode58.9%—
GSO22.6%—
WeirdML72.1%—
MirrorCode8.9%—
ALE-Bench1,161—
AlgoTune2.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#33), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
Terminal-Bench80.2%—
APEX-Agents35.3%—
τ²-bench Banking26%—
DeepResearch Bench47.8%—
PostTrainBench22%—
BALROG57%—
ExploitBench26.1%—
GBAEval0.8%—
GDP.pdf17%—
LMArena Search1211—
METR Time Horizons77%—
Vending-Bench 23,774—

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.7 (#9), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 23.7 (#162)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Hard Prompts14841255
ARC-AGI-277.1%—
SimpleBench79.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198%—
CritPt17.7%—
Chess Puzzles55%—
EnigmaEval36.8%—
Thematic Generalization79.4%—
EBR-Bench14.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.1%—
LMCA53.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.92—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 61.8 (#28), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 32.8 (#185)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Math14851265
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions86.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench26%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)36.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)16.7%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.4 (#195)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Expert14841238
GPQA Diamond94.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam46.4%—
SimpleQA Verified73.5%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 38.1 (#60), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Vision1296—
Blueprint-Bench 226.5%—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.1 (#11), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.6 (#203)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Non-English14751257
LMArena Chinese15281262
LMArena French14881285
LMArena German14911273
LMArena Japanese14941213
LMArena Korean14581195
LMArena Russian14961261
LMArena Spanish14801278

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.1 (#31), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.7 (#215)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Instruction Following14651245

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.3 (#17), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#191)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Longer Query14821267
CL-bench20.8%—
CL-bench Life16.9%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.3 (#36), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.5 (#207)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Text14801281
LMArena Creative Writing14821242
LMArena Multi-Turn14861265
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—
EQ-Bench 41142—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 37.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better for coding?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.7 versus 36.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17.

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