Grok 2 (Dec ’24)
Analysis Summary
Grok 2 (December 2024) reflects an earlier stage of xAI's model development, with a modest intelligence index and no broad benchmark coverage across coding or agentic tasks. It has been substantially outpaced by subsequent Grok releases.
It may still handle general conversational tasks or basic content drafting adequately, but lacks the reasoning depth or tool-use reliability needed for demanding business workflows.
Teams currently on Grok 2 should plan a migration path to newer models in the same family for meaningfully better performance.
Assessed July 29, 2026
Editorial notes
Grok 2 (Dec '24) is an older xAI model with limited benchmarked reasoning, since surpassed by newer Grok releases.
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DFO Verdict
Grok 2 (Dec '24) is an older xAI model with limited benchmarked reasoning, since surpassed by newer Grok releases.
How Grok 2 (Dec ’24) compares
Grok 2 (Dec ’24) ranks #283 of 401 AI models we track for overall intelligence. Grok 2 (Dec ’24) is currently free to use via OpenRouter.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on content. The pulled-in value corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
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Frequently asked questions about Grok 2 (Dec ’24)
How much does Grok 2 (Dec ’24) cost?
Grok 2 (Dec ’24) is currently available for free via OpenRouter.
Who created Grok 2 (Dec ’24)?
Grok 2 (Dec ’24) is developed by xAI and was released on December 12, 2024.
