Model comparison
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Wizardlm 70b
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Wizardlm 70b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (33.7 vs 33.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher in 5 categories and Wizardlm 70b in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads 48.6 to 34.8.
- Wizardlm 70b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Wizardlm 70b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 33.0 |
| Released | 2024-08-13 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 12 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258), Wizardlm 70b: 31.4 (#285)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1287 | 1081 |
| WeirdML | 22.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 46.4% | — |
Reasoning Wizardlm 70b leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299), Wizardlm 70b: 20.7 (#234)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1272 | 1079 |
| SimpleBench | 22.7% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 54.8% | — |
| DTBench | 65.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 54.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.48 | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |
Math Wizardlm 70b leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284), Wizardlm 70b: 32.2 (#218)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1283 | 1116 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 11.5% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 54.9% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 63.5% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233), Wizardlm 70b: —
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 53.8% | — |
| Confabulations | 20.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1254 | — |
Multilingual Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188), Wizardlm 70b: 29.6 (#265)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1282 | 1078 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1289 | 1052 |
| LMArena German | 1287 | 1083 |
| LMArena Russian | 1286 | 1155 |
| LMArena French | 1318 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1244 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1237 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1281 | — |
Instruction Following Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202), Wizardlm 70b: 56.3 (#273)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | 1093 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 69.6% | — |
Long Context Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190), Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#263)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1276 | 1097 |
Writing & Preference Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198), Wizardlm 70b: 34.8 (#269)
| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1305 | 1120 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1284 | 1149 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | 1108 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 63.6% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 45.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than Wizardlm 70b?
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Wizardlm 70b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (33.7 vs 33.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.3 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Wizardlm 70b share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.