Model comparison

GPT-5.4 vs Grok-2 (Dec 2024)

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 OpenAI

59.4

Rank #16 Confirmed

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) xAI

33.7

Rank #239 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 scores higher in 8 categories and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.4 leads 73.5 to 20.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 97.8% for GPT-5.4 and 11.5% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024).

Side by side

GPT-5.4 and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) specifications
GPT-5.4Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
ProviderOpenAIxAI
Noometry Index59.433.7
Released2026-03-052024-08-13
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$15—
Results tracked6834

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 52.6 (#33), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
WeirdML77.7%22.2%
LMArena Coding14971287
SWE-bench Verified76.9%—
DeepSWE51.8%—
LMArena WebDev1465—
SciCode56.6%—
GSO31.4%—
LiveBench Coding—46.4%
MirrorCode15.6%—
ALE-Bench1,607—
AlgoTune1.85—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#13), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
Terminal-Bench81.8%—
APEX-Agents52.4%—
τ²-bench Banking39.4%—
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
PostTrainBench19%—
GBAEval45.1%—
LMArena Search1197—
METR Time Horizons74.3%—
Vending-Bench 26,144—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 61.8 (#19), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Hard Prompts14851272
DTBench94.4%65.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.81130.48
ARC-AGI-274%—
SimpleBench—22.7%
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
ARC-AGI-193.7%—
CritPt23.4%—
Chess Puzzles44%—
EnigmaEval16%—
Thematic Generalization80%—
EBR-Bench25.4%—
LiveBench Reasoning—54.8%
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—54.5%
LMCA52%—
ForecastBench59.5—
LiveBench—54.3%

Math GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 73.5 (#19), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284)

Knowledge GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#14), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
GPQA Diamond93.3%53.8%
LMArena Expert15071254
Humanity's Last Exam36.2%—
SimpleQA Verified45.1%—
Confabulations—20.1%
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 43.7 (#20), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Vision1303—
Blueprint-Bench 227.1%—
Furniture Assembly37.5%—
LMArena Document1471—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 56.2 (#23), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Non-English14651282
LMArena Chinese15191289
LMArena French14931318
LMArena German14721287
LMArena Japanese14851244
LMArena Korean14481237
LMArena Russian14801286
LMArena Spanish14541281

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 77.1 (#27), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Instruction Following14691270
LiveBench Instruction Following—69.6%

Long Context GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Longer Query14731276
CL-bench27.9%—
CL-bench Life21.7%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 71.9 (#17), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Text14691305
LMArena Creative Writing14391284
LMArena Multi-Turn14821290
Short-Story Creative Writing—63.6%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1840—
EQ-Bench 41272—
LiveBench Language—45.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 better than Grok-2 (Dec 2024)?

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.4 or Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better for coding?

GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.6 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) share?

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 has 68 scored results on Noometry and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34.

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