Model comparison
Gemma 3 1B vs Grok-3 mini
Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 20.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 1B scores higher in 1 category and Grok-3 mini in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok-3 mini leads 46.3 to 7.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.1% for Gemma 3 1B and 77.8% for Grok-3 mini.
- Gemma 3 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 1B | Grok-3 mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | |
| Noometry Index | 20.7 | 41.0 |
| Released | 2025-03-12 | 2025-04-09 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 4 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Grok-3 mini: 40.4 (#126)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | — | 49.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 42.6% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1380 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: 13.5 (#144), Grok-3 mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 7.2% | — |
Reasoning Gemma 3 1B leads
Gemma 3 1B: 18.5 (#260), Grok-3 mini: 13.8 (#323)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0.4% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 61.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 16.5% |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1374 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 140.35 |
Math Grok-3 mini leads
Gemma 3 1B: 9.6 (#310), Grok-3 mini: 40.3 (#78)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | 77.8% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 31.8% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1386 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 90.9% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 5.9% |
Knowledge Grok-3 mini leads
Gemma 3 1B: 7.1 (#309), Grok-3 mini: 46.3 (#75)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 19.9% | 76.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 79.9% |
| Confabulations | — | 10.8% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 67.5% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1395 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Grok-3 mini: 48.3 (#141)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1352 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1387 |
| LMArena French | — | 1357 |
| LMArena German | — | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1343 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1336 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1352 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1379 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Grok-3 mini: 78.7 (#8)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 95.1% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1356 |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#142)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1372 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Grok-3 mini: 52.7 (#163)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1370 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1342 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 73.5% |
| WildBench | — | 65.1% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1355 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 1B better than Grok-3 mini?
Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 20.7 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and Grok-3 mini share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and Grok-3 mini has 35.