Grok 2 (Dec '24): Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis
Analysis of xAI's Grok 2 (Dec '24) and comparison to other AI models across key metrics including quality, price, performance (tokens per second & time to first token), context window & more. Click on any model to compare API providers for that model. For more details including relating to our methodology, see our FAQs.
xAI has launched a newer model, Grok 3. We suggest considering this model instead of Grok 2. See the following pages for a comparison of Grok 3 to other models and Grok 3 API provider benchmarks.
Comparison Summary
Intelligence:
Grok 2 is of higher quality compared to average, with a MMLU score of 0.709 and a Intelligence Index across evaluations of 39.
Price:Speed:Latency:Context Window:Grok 2 has a smaller context windows than average, with a context window of 130k tokens.
Highlights
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index; Higher is better
Speed
Output Tokens per Second; Higher is better
Price
USD per 1M Tokens; Lower is better
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Grok 2 (Dec '24) Model Details
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