Model comparison
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs o1-mini
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and o1-mini score almost the same on the Noometry Index (33.7 vs 34.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 33 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 33 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 3 categories and o1-mini in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where o1-mini leads 35.4 to 20.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 11.5% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and 46.9% for o1-mini.
Side by side
| Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | o1-mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 34.0 |
| Released | 2024-08-13 | 2024-09-12 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 39 |
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Category by category
Coding o1-mini leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 22.2% | 36.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | 46.4% | 48% |
| LMArena Coding | 1287 | 1362 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 32.9% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 89% |
| MBPP+ | — | 78.8% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —, o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 10% |
Reasoning Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 22.7% | 18.1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 54.8% | 72.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1272 | 1333 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 54.5% | 57.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.48 | 135.82 |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | 57.8% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0.8% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 14% |
| DTBench | 65.2% | — |
Math o1-mini leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284), o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 11.5% | 46.9% |
| LiveBench Math | 54.9% | 62% |
| LMArena Math | 1283 | 1358 |
| MATH Level 5 | 63.5% | 89.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0.7% | 1.7% |
Knowledge o1-mini leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233), o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 53.8% | 62.4% |
| Confabulations | 20.1% | 18.6% |
| LMArena Expert | 1254 | 1316 |
Multilingual Too close to call
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1282 | 1289 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1289 | 1314 |
| LMArena French | 1318 | 1293 |
| LMArena German | 1287 | 1278 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1244 | 1245 |
| LMArena Korean | 1237 | 1223 |
| LMArena Russian | 1286 | 1283 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1281 | 1303 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202), o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 69.6% | 65.4% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | 1304 |
Long Context o1-mini leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190), o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1276 | 1320 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1305 | 1317 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1284 | 1244 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 63.6% | 64.9% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | 1314 |
| LiveBench Language | 45.6% | 40.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than o1-mini?
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and o1-mini score almost the same on the Noometry Index (33.7 vs 34.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) or o1-mini better for coding?
o1-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and o1-mini share?
33 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.