Model comparison
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent vs StarCoder 2 3B
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent has enough public results to be ranked (#65); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASummary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads 43.0 to 33.5.
- StarCoder 2 3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | StarCoder 2 3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 46.2 | 36.3 |
| Released | 2026-03-09 | 2024-02-22 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 30K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.25 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 20 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent leads
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 43.0 (#92), StarCoder 2 3B: 33.5
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1457 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 21.4% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 27.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: —, StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Search | 1204 | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 43.9 (#48), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 89.6% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1448 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 88.76 |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |
Math Not comparable
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 39.4 (#104), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1442 | — |
| GSM8K | — | 21.6% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 40.4 (#119), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1445 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 34.2% |
| MMLU | — | 36.6% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 40.5 (#48), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1259 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 54.4 (#43), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1440 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1475 | — |
| LMArena French | 1466 | — |
| LMArena German | 1456 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1405 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1416 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1457 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1447 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 74.8 (#84), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 43.7 (#88), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1431 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: 64.0 (#59), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1450 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1436 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1452 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent better than StarCoder 2 3B?
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent has enough public results to be ranked (#65); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent or StarCoder 2 3B better for coding?
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 33.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent and StarCoder 2 3B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent has 20 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 3B has 7.