Model comparison

GPT-5.6 Sol vs Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13

GPT-5.6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.4 to 37.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.6 Sol OpenAI

64.4

Rank #6 Confirmed

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 xAI

37.0

Rank #196 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.6 Sol 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 math, where GPT-5.6 Sol leads 85.5 to 32.8.

Side by side

GPT-5.6 Sol and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 specifications
GPT-5.6 SolGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
ProviderOpenAIxAI
Noometry Index64.437.0
Released2026-07-092024-08-13
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$4—
Output $ / M tokens$20—
Results tracked6417

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.6 Sol leads

GPT-5.6 Sol: 61.1 (#7), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 36.4 (#194)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 SolGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Coding14931269
DeepSWE72.7%—
FrontierCode47.5%—
CursorBench41.7%—
LMArena WebDev1619—
FrontierSWE32.2%—
SciCode57.1%—
WeirdML89.4%—
MirrorCode20%—
ALE-Bench2,177—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Sol: 50.2 (#7), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 SolGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
APEX-Agents51.4%—
OSWorld 2.027.3%—
τ²-bench Banking46.9%—
PostTrainBench36.2%—
BALROG60%—
GBAEval52.6%—
GDP.pdf30.7%—
LMArena Search1257—
Vending-Bench 29,619—

Reasoning GPT-5.6 Sol leads

GPT-5.6 Sol: 74.7 (#6), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 23.7 (#162)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 SolGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Hard Prompts14811255
ARC-AGI-292.5%—
SimpleBench71.7%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark67%—
NYT Connections (extended)93.8%—
ARC-AGI-197.5%—
CritPt32.3%—
Chess Puzzles64%—
EnigmaEval37.1%—
EBR-Bench44.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles58%—
DTBench96%—
LMCA59.2%—
Surface Evolver Bench93.1%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
Epoch Capabilities Index161.99—

Math GPT-5.6 Sol leads

GPT-5.6 Sol: 85.5 (#7), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 32.8 (#185)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 SolGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Math14721265
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)89.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 482.9%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench83%—
FrontierMath Erdős0%—

Knowledge GPT-5.6 Sol leads

GPT-5.6 Sol: 64.3 (#16), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.4 (#195)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 SolGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Expert15171238
GPQA Diamond93.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate12.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Sol: 48.9 (#8), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 SolGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Vision1281—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
Furniture Assembly56.7%—
LMArena Document1483—

Multilingual GPT-5.6 Sol leads

GPT-5.6 Sol: 55.4 (#32), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.6 (#203)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 SolGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Non-English14501257
LMArena Chinese15231262
LMArena French14751285
LMArena German14761273
LMArena Japanese14751213
LMArena Korean14341195
LMArena Russian14661261
LMArena Spanish14491278

Instruction Following GPT-5.6 Sol leads

GPT-5.6 Sol: 77.8 (#16), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.7 (#215)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 SolGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Instruction Following14801245

Long Context GPT-5.6 Sol leads

GPT-5.6 Sol: 45.3 (#42), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#191)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 SolGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Longer Query14791267

Writing & Preference GPT-5.6 Sol leads

GPT-5.6 Sol: 73.5 (#12), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.5 (#207)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 SolGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Text14561281
LMArena Creative Writing14501242
LMArena Multi-Turn14561265
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1972—
EQ-Bench 41250—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.6 Sol better than Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13?

GPT-5.6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.4 to 37.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.6 Sol or Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better for coding?

GPT-5.6 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 61.1 versus 36.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.6 Sol and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.6 Sol has 64 scored results on Noometry and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17.

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