Model comparison

Grok 4.6 vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.6 xAI

56.9

Rank #21 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.6 scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.6 leads 61.4 to 23.5.
  • Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.6 and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct specifications
Grok 4.6Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct
ProviderxAINVIDIA
Noometry Index56.935.9
Released2026-08-12—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K—
Max output500K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$6—
Results tracked4912

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 35.6 (#222)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct
LMArena Coding14651223
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 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct
APEX-Agents65.3%—
GDP.pdf17.2%—
Vending-Bench 29,047—

Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 23.5 (#177)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14471203
ARC-AGI-267.1%—
SimpleBench75.9%—
NYT Connections (extended)80%—
ARC-AGI-187.5%—
CritPt19.7%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
EBR-Bench30.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.3%—
LMCA48.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.44—

Math Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 67.0 (#24), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 34.6 (#193)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct
LMArena Math14231230
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)66%—
FrontierMath Tier 431.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202599.2%—
ProofBench51%—

Knowledge Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 31.9 (#218)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct
LMArena Expert14671167
GPQA Diamond94%—
SimpleQA Verified49.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct
LMArena Vision1263—
Blueprint-Bench 233.2%—
Furniture Assembly40%—
LMArena Document1452—

Multilingual Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 36.1 (#241)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14201181
LMArena Chinese14801180
LMArena Russian14221187
LMArena French1461—
LMArena German1431—
LMArena Japanese1376—
LMArena Korean1397—
LMArena Spanish1404—

Instruction Following Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 62.9 (#233)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14311201

Long Context Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 36.5 (#230)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14541205

Writing & Preference Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 43.4 (#229)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.6Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct
LMArena Text14281228
LMArena Creative Writing14281213
LMArena Multi-Turn14251227

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.6 better than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.6 or Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct better for coding?

Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.5 versus 35.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.6 and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.6 has 49 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct has 12.

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