Model comparison
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Qwen Plus
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.7 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 1 category and Qwen Plus in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen Plus leads 27.6 to 16.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 65.2% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and 81.1% for Qwen Plus.
Side by side
| Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.4 | 36.7 |
| Released | 2024-08-13 | 2024-01-25 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen Plus leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 32.9 (#254), Qwen Plus: 38.3 (#163)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1288 | 1328 |
| WeirdML | 22.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 46.4% | — |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.4 (#294), Qwen Plus: 27.6 (#101)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1272 | 1317 |
| DTBench | 65.2% | 81.1% |
| SimpleBench | 22.7% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.3% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 54.8% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 54.5% | — |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.48 | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |
Math Qwen Plus leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 19.6 (#278), Qwen Plus: 22.0 (#266)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 11.5% | 17.8% |
| LMArena Math | 1283 | 1326 |
| MATH Level 5 | 63.5% | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0.7% | 1.7% |
| LiveBench Math | 54.9% | — |
Knowledge Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#225), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#245)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 53.8% | 48.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1254 | 1328 |
| Confabulations | 20.1% | — |
Multilingual Qwen Plus leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.3 (#183), Qwen Plus: 45.3 (#170)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1282 | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1289 | 1347 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1244 | 1251 |
| LMArena Russian | 1286 | 1323 |
| LMArena French | 1317 | — |
| LMArena German | 1287 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1237 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1281 | — |
Instruction Following Qwen Plus leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 67.1 (#197), Qwen Plus: 69.0 (#176)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | 1303 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 69.6% | — |
Long Context Qwen Plus leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.7 (#186), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#153)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1276 | 1325 |
Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.8 (#192), Qwen Plus: 52.4 (#171)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1305 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1284 | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | 1336 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 63.6% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 45.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than Qwen Plus?
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.7 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) or Qwen Plus better for coding?
Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.3 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Qwen Plus share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.