Model comparison

Gemini 1.0 Pro vs Grok-3 mini

Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.0 Pro Google

27.1

Rank #327 Confirmed

Grok-3 mini xAI

41.0

Rank #130 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher in 1 category and Grok-3 mini in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Grok-3 mini leads 40.3 to 8.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 11.2% for Gemini 1.0 Pro and 90.9% for Grok-3 mini.

Side by side

Gemini 1.0 Pro and Grok-3 mini specifications
Gemini 1.0 ProGrok-3 mini
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index27.141.0
Released2023-12-132025-04-09
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
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Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2435

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Category by category

Coding Grok-3 mini leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 31.6 (#270), Grok-3 mini: 40.4 (#126)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGrok-3 mini
LMArena Coding11081380
Aider Polyglot—49.3%
WeirdML—42.6%
HumanEval+55.5%—
MBPP+61.4%—

Reasoning Gemini 1.0 Pro leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 16.4 (#292), Grok-3 mini: 13.8 (#323)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGrok-3 mini
LMArena Hard Prompts11091374
Epoch Capabilities Index116.97140.35
ARC-AGI-2—0.4%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—61.3%
ARC-AGI-1—16.5%
DTBench45.9%—

Math Grok-3 mini leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 8.7 (#315), Grok-3 mini: 40.3 (#78)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGrok-3 mini
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%77.8%
LMArena Math11321386
MATH Level 511.2%90.9%
Omni-MATH—31.8%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—5.9%

Knowledge Grok-3 mini leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.5 (#286), Grok-3 mini: 46.3 (#75)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGrok-3 mini
GPQA Diamond34%76.3%
LMArena Expert10591395
MMLU-Pro—79.9%
Confabulations—10.8%
GPQA (HELM)—67.5%
MMLU70%—

Multilingual Grok-3 mini leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.5 (#247), Grok-3 mini: 48.3 (#141)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGrok-3 mini
LMArena Non-English11381352
LMArena Chinese11241387
LMArena French11441357
LMArena German11251350
LMArena Japanese10231343
LMArena Russian11861352
LMArena Spanish11181379
LMArena Korean—1336

Instruction Following Grok-3 mini leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.9 (#262), Grok-3 mini: 78.7 (#8)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGrok-3 mini
LMArena Instruction Following11141356
IFEval—95.1%

Long Context Grok-3 mini leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#244), Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#142)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGrok-3 mini
LMArena Longer Query11321372
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%

Writing & Preference Grok-3 mini leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.2 (#259), Grok-3 mini: 52.7 (#163)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProGrok-3 mini
LMArena Text11491370
LMArena Creative Writing11301342
LMArena Multi-Turn11391355
Short-Story Creative Writing—73.5%
WildBench—65.1%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.0 Pro better than Grok-3 mini?

Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.0 Pro or Grok-3 mini better for coding?

Grok-3 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.0 Pro and Grok-3 mini share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24 scored results on Noometry and Grok-3 mini has 35.

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