# Grok 2 vs Llama 3.3 70B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Grok 2 and Llama 3.3 70B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/grok-2-vs-llama-3-3-70b
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Grok 2 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Llama 3.3 70B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Grok 2 leads overall 65 to 62.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro in Knowledge, with scores of 75.5% and 68.9%.
- Llama 3.3 70B also has the larger context window at 128K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Grok 2 | Llama 3.3 70B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | xAI | Meta |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | Unknown | 128K |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 6 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Llama 3.3 70B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 2 | Llama 3.3 70B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HumanEval | 88.4% | 88.4% | Tie |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Llama 3.3 70B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 2 | Llama 3.3 70B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 66.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Llama 3.3 70B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 2 | Llama 3.3 70B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 56% | 50.5% | Grok 2 |
| MMLU | 87.5% | 86% | Grok 2 |
| MMLU-Pro | 75.5% | 68.9% | Grok 2 |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Llama 3.3 70B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 2 | Llama 3.3 70B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MGSM | Coming soon | 91.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Llama 3.3 70B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 2 | Llama 3.3 70B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 92.1% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Grok 2 or Llama 3.3 70B?

Grok 2 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does Grok 2 cover on BenchLM?

Grok 2 currently has 5 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Llama 3.3 70B cover on BenchLM?

Llama 3.3 70B currently has 6 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [Grok 2 vs Grok 2 mini](/compare/grok-2-vs-grok-2-mini)
- [Llama 3.3 70B vs Grok 2 mini](/compare/grok-2-mini-vs-llama-3-3-70b)
- [Grok 2 vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-grok-2)
- [Llama 3.3 70B vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-llama-3-3-70b)

## Explore More

- [Grok 2 profile](/models/grok-2)
- [Llama 3.3 70B profile](/models/llama-3-3-70b)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)