Model comparison

ERNIE 5.1 vs Grok 3

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 39.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

ERNIE 5.1 Baidu

43.8

Rank #83 Confirmed

Grok 3 xAI

39.9

Rank #157 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.1 scores higher in 7 categories and Grok 3 in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 65.1 to 55.8.

Side by side

ERNIE 5.1 and Grok 3 specifications
ERNIE 5.1Grok 3
ProviderBaiduxAI
Noometry Index43.839.9
Released—2025-04-09
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1940

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Category by category

Coding ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 44.0 (#76), Grok 3: 41.9 (#115)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Grok 3
LMArena Coding14881432
Aider Polyglot—53.3%
WeirdML—37.2%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: —, Grok 3: 30.5 (#76)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Grok 3
BALROG—29.5%
LMArena Search1227—

Reasoning ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 21.9 (#211), Grok 3: 13.7 (#333)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Grok 3
LMArena Hard Prompts14811434
ARC-AGI-2—0%
SimpleBench—36.1%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—61.3%
NYT Connections (extended)23.4%—
ARC-AGI-1—5.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—138.33

Math ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 40.3 (#92), Grok 3: 38.0 (#145)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Grok 3
LMArena Math14811391
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—55.6%
Omni-MATH—46.4%
MATH Level 5—88.7%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—3.8%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—0%

Knowledge Grok 3 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 41.9 (#102), Grok 3: 46.2 (#82)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Grok 3
LMArena Expert14921421
GPQA Diamond—75.8%
MMLU-Pro—78.8%
Confabulations—14.2%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.8%
GPQA (HELM)—65%

Multilingual ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 55.5 (#29), Grok 3: 52.3 (#87)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Grok 3
LMArena Non-English14541410
LMArena Chinese15081448
LMArena French14881460
LMArena German14701431
LMArena Japanese14221387
LMArena Korean14271373
LMArena Russian14591416
LMArena Spanish14731417

Instruction Following ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 76.7 (#37), Grok 3: 75.0 (#73)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Grok 3
LMArena Instruction Following14601409
IFEval—88.4%

Long Context ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#59), Grok 3: 38.7 (#192)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Grok 3
LMArena Longer Query14621439
Fiction.LiveBench—58.3%

Writing & Preference ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 65.1 (#52), Grok 3: 55.8 (#141)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Grok 3
LMArena Text14681426
LMArena Creative Writing14411414
LMArena Multi-Turn14711425
Short-Story Creative Writing—76.4%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1186
WildBench—84.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is ERNIE 5.1 better than Grok 3?

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 39.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is ERNIE 5.1 or Grok 3 better for coding?

ERNIE 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 41.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and Grok 3 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Grok 3 has 40.

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