Model comparison

Grok 4.6 vs Llama 2-7B

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.6 xAI

56.9

Rank #21 Confirmed

Llama 2-7B Meta

29.1

Rank #317 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.6 scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.6 leads 61.4 to 15.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 40% for Grok 4.6 and 0% for Llama 2-7B.
  • Llama 2-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.6 and Llama 2-7B specifications
Grok 4.6Llama 2-7B
ProviderxAIMeta
Noometry Index56.929.1
Released2026-08-122023-07-18
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K—
Max output500K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$6—
Results tracked4929

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16), Llama 2-7B: 29.2 (#307)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 2-7B
LMArena Coding14651002
DeepSWE67.5%—
FrontierCode48%—
CursorBench41.4%—
LMArena WebDev1617—
FrontierSWE25.3%—
SciCode56.5%—
WeirdML67.3%—
ALE-Bench1,508—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#27), Llama 2-7B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 2-7B
APEX-Agents65.3%—
GDP.pdf17.2%—
Vending-Bench 29,047—

Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20), Llama 2-7B: 15.7 (#312)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 2-7B
Chess Puzzles40%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14471009
Epoch Capabilities Index156.4499.06
ARC-AGI-267.1%—
SimpleBench75.9%—
NYT Connections (extended)80%—
ARC-AGI-187.5%—
CritPt19.7%—
EBR-Bench30.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.3%—
LMCA48.5%—
BIG-Bench Hard—39.2%
HellaSwag—77.2%
LAMBADA—73.3%
PIQA—78.8%
WinoGrande—69.2%

Math Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 67.0 (#24), Llama 2-7B: 30.7 (#233)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 2-7B
LMArena Math14231042
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)66%—
FrontierMath Tier 431.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202599.2%—
ProofBench51%—
GSM8K—16.7%

Knowledge Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20), Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#248)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 2-7B
LMArena Expert14671036
GPQA Diamond94%—
SimpleQA Verified49.3%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—45.9%
BoolQ—77.9%
MMLU—45.8%
OpenBookQA—58.6%
TriviaQA—73.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23), Llama 2-7B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 2-7B
LMArena Vision1263—
Blueprint-Bench 233.2%—
Furniture Assembly40%—
LMArena Document1452—
ScienceQA—43.1%

Multilingual Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74), Llama 2-7B: 23.8 (#293)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 2-7B
LMArena Non-English1420973
LMArena Chinese1480973
LMArena French1461970
LMArena German1431978
LMArena Russian1422995
LMArena Spanish14041007
LMArena Japanese1376—
LMArena Korean1397—

Instruction Following Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63), Llama 2-7B: 50.8 (#298)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 2-7B
LMArena Instruction Following14311006

Long Context Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66), Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#287)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 2-7B
LMArena Longer Query1454999

Writing & Preference Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80), Llama 2-7B: 28.0 (#298)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 2-7B
LMArena Text14281053
LMArena Creative Writing14281033
LMArena Multi-Turn14251029

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.6 better than Llama 2-7B?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.6 or Llama 2-7B better for coding?

Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.5 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.6 and Llama 2-7B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.6 has 49 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-7B has 29.

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