Noometry

Model comparison

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Qwen2-72B

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) xAI

33.4

Rank #233 Confirmed

Qwen2-72B Alibaba (Qwen)

29.5

Rank #294 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen2-72B in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads 29.8 to 21.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 63.5% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and 39.1% for Qwen2-72B.
  • Qwen2-72B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen2-72B
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.429.5
Released2024-08-132024-06-07
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3426

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Category by category

Coding Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 32.9 (#254), Qwen2-72B: 28.7 (#303)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen2-72B
WeirdML22.2%11.3%
LMArena Coding12881196
BigCodeBench Instruct—38.5%
LiveBench Coding46.4%—
BigCodeBench Complete—54%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —, Qwen2-72B: 16.9 (#138)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen2-72B
TheAgentCompany—1.1%
METR Time Horizons—29.9%

Reasoning Qwen2-72B leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.4 (#294), Qwen2-72B: 22.2 (#184)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen2-72B
LMArena Hard Prompts12721191
Epoch Capabilities Index130.48125.27
SimpleBench22.7%—
LiveBench Reasoning54.8%—
DTBench65.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis54.5%—
LiveBench54.3%—

Math Qwen2-72B leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 19.6 (#278), Qwen2-72B: 27.9 (#232)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen2-72B
LMArena Math12831235
MATH Level 563.5%39.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202511.5%—
LiveBench Math54.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0.7%—

Knowledge Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#225), Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#270)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen2-72B
GPQA Diamond53.8%40.8%
LMArena Expert12541171
Confabulations20.1%—
MMLU—82.4%

Multilingual Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.3 (#183), Qwen2-72B: 36.0 (#239)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen2-72B
LMArena Non-English12821176
LMArena Chinese12891240
LMArena French13171169
LMArena German12871151
LMArena Japanese12441111
LMArena Korean12371083
LMArena Russian12861169
LMArena Spanish12811168

Instruction Following Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 67.1 (#197), Qwen2-72B: 62.0 (#236)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen2-72B
LMArena Instruction Following12701181
LiveBench Instruction Following69.6%—

Long Context Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.7 (#186), Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#230)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen2-72B
LMArena Longer Query12761193

Writing & Preference Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads

Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.8 (#192), Qwen2-72B: 41.0 (#236)

BenchmarkGrok-2 (Dec 2024)Qwen2-72B
LMArena Text13051203
LMArena Creative Writing12841181
LMArena Multi-Turn12901195
Short-Story Creative Writing63.6%—
LiveBench Language45.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than Qwen2-72B?

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) or Qwen2-72B better for coding?

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.9 versus 28.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Qwen2-72B share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.

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