Model comparison
Claude 3 Haiku vs Grok 4.1
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Haiku scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 4.1 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok 4.1 leads 62.6 to 29.8.
Side by side
| Claude 3 Haiku | Grok 4.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 25.7 | 40.8 |
| Released | 2024-03-07 | 2025-11-17 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 37 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 4.1 leads
Claude 3 Haiku: 26.1 (#320), Grok 4.1: 33.4 (#246)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1199 | 1445 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1214 |
| WeirdML | 9.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 39.4% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 50.1% | — |
| CadEval | 12% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 68.9% | — |
| MBPP+ | 68.8% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 3 Haiku: —, Grok 4.1: 33.8 (#47)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 39% |
Reasoning Grok 4.1 leads
Claude 3 Haiku: 15.7 (#303), Grok 4.1: 28.3 (#91)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1174 | 1436 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 34.2% | — |
| DTBench | 50.1% | — |
| LMCA | 8.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 118.3 | — |
| ForecastBench | 53.2 | — |
| WinoGrande | 74.2% | — |
Math Grok 4.1 leads
Claude 3 Haiku: 9.2 (#313), Grok 4.1: 36.2 (#124)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1422 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 14.9% | — |
Knowledge Grok 4.1 leads
Claude 3 Haiku: 17.3 (#280), Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#129)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1148 | 1417 |
| GPQA Diamond | 36.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 34.2% | — |
| MMLU | 73.8% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3 Haiku: 23.1 (#123), Grok 4.1: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 950 | — |
| ScienceQA | 72% | — |
Multilingual Grok 4.1 leads
Claude 3 Haiku: 36.1 (#238), Grok 4.1: 53.6 (#64)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1178 | 1425 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1155 | 1464 |
| LMArena French | 1194 | 1448 |
| LMArena German | 1174 | 1447 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1102 | 1396 |
| LMArena Korean | 1108 | 1407 |
| LMArena Russian | 1204 | 1434 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1165 | 1438 |
Instruction Following Grok 4.1 leads
Claude 3 Haiku: 61.5 (#242), Grok 4.1: 74.0 (#106)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1400 |
Long Context Grok 4.1 leads
Claude 3 Haiku: 36.1 (#232), Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#96)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1191 | 1416 |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 leads
Claude 3 Haiku: 29.8 (#286), Grok 4.1: 62.6 (#71)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Haiku | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1195 | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1157 | 1411 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1190 | 1438 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 717 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3 Haiku better than Grok 4.1?
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3 Haiku or Grok 4.1 better for coding?
Grok 4.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.4 versus 26.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Haiku and Grok 4.1 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Haiku has 37 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.1 has 19.