Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Grok 2 supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
xAI
Grok 2, released by xAI in August 2024, is a large language model with 131K token context window and native image understanding, developed with access to real-time information from the X platform. It features multimodal input capabilities and improved reasoning over its predecessor. Grok 2 targets conversational assistants, image analysis, and real-time information retrieval tasks via the xAI API.
Alibaba / Qwen
Qwen2.5-Coder-7B-Instruct is a 7-billion-parameter code-specialized model from Alibaba, released in November 2024 as part of the Qwen2.5-Coder family, trained on a curated corpus spanning 92 programming languages with emphasis on code generation, debugging, and fill-in-the-middle completion. Built on the Qwen2.5 architecture, it extends the base series' improvements in instruction-following and long-context handling to coding-specific tasks within a compact deployable footprint. It became popular for integration into IDE extensions, CI pipelines, and self-hosted code assistant tools.
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Grok 2
xAI
2024-08-14
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Alibaba / Qwen
2024-11-12
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics
Grok 2
xAI
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Grok 2
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Grok 2
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct