LLaMA 3.1 vs Grok 4
Meta LLaMA 3.1 | SpaceXAI Grok 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Meta | SpaceXAI |
| Release date | Jul 23 2024 | Jul 9 2025 |
| Access | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | 14% | — |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | LLaMA 3.1 shipped 351 days before Grok 4 | |
Which is better: LLaMA 3.1 or Grok 4?
LLaMA 3.1 and Grok 4 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. LLaMA 3.1 shipped 351 days before Grok 4, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
LLaMA 3.1 is open weight, while Grok 4 is proprietary.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — LLaMA 3.1 and Grok 4 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
LLaMA 3.1 was released by Meta on Jul 23 2024.
Grok 4 was released by SpaceXAI on Jul 9 2025.
LLaMA 3.1 is an open weight model released by Meta. Grok 4 is a proprietary model released by SpaceXAI.
Other comparisons
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