Model Comparison

Comprehensive side-by-side analysis of model capabilities and performance

xAI

Grok-2 mini

xAI

Grok-2 mini is a multimodal language model developed by xAI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 74.0% across 8 benchmarks. It excels particularly in DocVQA (93.2%), MMLU (86.2%), HumanEval (85.7%). As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2024, it represents xAI's latest advancement in AI technology.

Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is a language model developed by Meta. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 61.3% across 18 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM-8K (CoT) (84.5%), ARC-C (83.4%), API-Bank (82.6%). It supports a 262K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 9 API providers. Released in 2024, it represents Meta's latest advancement in AI technology.

Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Meta

2024-07-23

xAI

Grok-2 mini

xAI

2024-08-13

21 days newer

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

xAI

Grok-2 mini

Max Context:-
Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Larger context
Max Context:262.1K
Parameters:8.0B

Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

xAI

Grok-2 mini

+18.5%
Average Score:73.7%
Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Average Score:55.2%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

xAI

Grok-2 mini

code
+19.9%
85.7%
math
+2.1%
70.5%
general
+15.7%
69.7%
Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

code
65.8%
math
68.4%
general
54.0%
Benchmark Scores - Detailed View
Side-by-side comparison of all benchmark scores
Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

2023-12-31

More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks

Provider Availability & Performance

Available providers and their performance metrics

xAI

Grok-2 mini

0 providers
Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

9 providers

Sambanova

Throughput: 1050 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Together

Throughput: 194 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Hyperbolic

Throughput: 200 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

DeepInfra

Throughput: 118 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Fireworks

Throughput: 292 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Groq

Throughput: 750 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Bedrock

Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Lambda

Throughput: 42 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms

Cerebras

Throughput: 2047 tok/s
Latency: 0.2ms
xAI

Grok-2 mini

+18.5%
Avg Score:73.7%
Providers:0
Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Avg Score:55.2%
Providers:9