Grok 2vsLlama 3.1 405B
xAI
Grok 2
xAI's real-time knowledge model
Arena ELO
1235
Context
131K
Speed
92 t/s
Input/1M
$2
Meta
🏆 Overall WinnerLlama 3.1 405B
Meta's open-source frontier model
Arena ELO
1247
Context
128K
Speed
45 t/s
Input/1M
$0.9
Capability Radar
Category performance across 6 domains
Benchmark Scores
MMLU · HumanEval · MATH · GSM8K · GPQA · BBH
Grok 2
Pros
✓Real-time X/Twitter data access
✓Integrated image generation (FLUX)
✓Strong GPQA scores
Cons
✗Smaller ecosystem
✗Tied to X/Twitter platform
Llama 3.1 405B
Pros
✓Fully open-source and free to deploy
✓No data leaves your infrastructure
✓Competitive benchmarks
Cons
✗Requires significant compute to self-host
✗No official vendor support
🏆 Our Verdict
Based on overall benchmark averages, Llama 3.1 405B has the edge with an average score of 81.2% across all benchmarks. However, the best choice depends on your use case — Grok 2 excels in real-time x/twitter data access, while Llama 3.1 405B stands out for fully open-source and free to deploy.