Model comparison
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs Sonar
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Sonar score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.7 vs 38.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
PerplexitySummary
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Sonar leads 71.4 to 65.5.
Side by side
| Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Sonar | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Perplexity |
| Noometry Index | 37.7 | 38.5 |
| Released | 2024-08-13 | 2024-01-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199), Sonar: 35.7 (#221)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | — | 35.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1269 | — |
Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159), Sonar: 21.1 (#227)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 46.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1255 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 37.9% |
| LiveBench | — | 46.9% |
Math Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185), Sonar: 33.7 (#200)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1265 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1238 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1257 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1262 | — |
| LMArena French | 1286 | — |
| LMArena German | 1273 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1213 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1195 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1261 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1279 | — |
Instruction Following Sonar leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220), Sonar: 71.4 (#150)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 76.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1245 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1266 | — |
Writing & Preference Sonar leads
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211), Sonar: 52.6 (#167)
| Benchmark | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1281 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1242 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1265 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 44.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than Sonar?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Sonar score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.7 vs 38.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 or Sonar better for coding?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 35.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Sonar share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.