Model comparison

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 vs Grok-3 mini

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Grok-3 mini xAI

41.2

Rank #141 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 scores higher in 5 categories and Grok-3 mini in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads 29.3 to 13.6.

Side by side

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 and Grok-3 mini specifications
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10Grok-3 mini
ProviderAmazonxAI
Noometry Index42.941.2
Released—2025-04-09
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1235

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Category by category

Coding Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 42.2 (#110), Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10Grok-3 mini
LMArena Coding14301379
Aider Polyglot—49.3%
WeirdML—42.6%

Reasoning Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 29.3 (#94), Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10Grok-3 mini
LMArena Hard Prompts14271375
ARC-AGI-2—0.4%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—61.3%
ARC-AGI-1—16.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—140.35

Math Grok-3 mini leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 38.9 (#124), Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10Grok-3 mini
LMArena Math14191386
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—77.8%
Omni-MATH—31.8%
MATH Level 5—90.9%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—5.9%

Knowledge Grok-3 mini leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 39.2 (#136), Grok-3 mini: 46.4 (#81)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10Grok-3 mini
LMArena Expert14081395
GPQA Diamond—76.3%
MMLU-Pro—79.9%
Confabulations—10.8%
GPQA (HELM)—67.5%

Multilingual Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 51.4 (#108), Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10Grok-3 mini
LMArena Non-English13981352
LMArena Chinese14401387
LMArena Russian13951353
LMArena French—1357
LMArena German—1349
LMArena Japanese—1342
LMArena Korean—1335
LMArena Spanish—1381

Instruction Following Grok-3 mini leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 73.2 (#123), Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10Grok-3 mini
LMArena Instruction Following13871357
IFEval—95.1%

Long Context Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 42.4 (#125), Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10Grok-3 mini
LMArena Longer Query13911372
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 59.5 (#110), Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10Grok-3 mini
LMArena Text14201370
LMArena Creative Writing13501342
LMArena Multi-Turn14091355
Short-Story Creative Writing—73.5%
WildBench—65.1%

Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 better than Grok-3 mini?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 or Grok-3 mini better for coding?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.2 versus 40.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 and Grok-3 mini share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 has 12 scored results on Noometry and Grok-3 mini has 35.

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