Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4.1 mini vs Grok 4.1

Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 mini OpenAI

33.6

Rank #240 Confirmed

Grok 4.1 xAI

41.5

Rank #134 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 mini scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 4.1 in 9 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.1 leads 29.5 to 10.8.

Side by side

GPT-4.1 miniGrok 4.1
ProviderOpenAIxAI
Noometry Index33.641.5
Released2025-04-142025-11-17
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.40—
Output $ / M tokens$1.60—
Results tracked4719

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.1 leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 30.6 (#293), Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniGrok 4.1
LMArena Coding13671445
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)23.9%—
Aider Polyglot32.4%—
LMArena WebDev—1214
SciCode40.4%—
WeirdML37.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct48.9%—
CadEval16%—

Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call

GPT-4.1 mini: 33.3 (#55), Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniGrok 4.1
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard50.5%—
Cybench—39%

Reasoning Grok 4.1 leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 10.8 (#340), Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniGrok 4.1
LMArena Hard Prompts13491435
ARC-AGI-20%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark48.6%—
ARC-AGI-13.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles7%—
DTBench68.8%—
LMCA21.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index135.01—

Math Grok 4.1 leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 24.1 (#270), Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniGrok 4.1
LMArena Math13431422
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)6.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202544.7%—
Omni-MATH49.1%—
MATH Level 587.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)4.5%—

Knowledge Grok 4.1 leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 34.7 (#194), Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniGrok 4.1
LMArena Expert13381417
GPQA Diamond65.8%—
SimpleQA Verified12.7%—
MMLU-Pro78.3%—
GPQA (HELM)61.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 35.8 (#82), Grok 4.1: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniGrok 4.1
LMArena Vision1181—

Multilingual Grok 4.1 leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 45.7 (#166), Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniGrok 4.1
LMArena Non-English13181425
LMArena Chinese13291465
LMArena French13581448
LMArena German13511446
LMArena Japanese12901397
LMArena Korean12981407
LMArena Russian13241434
LMArena Spanish13191438

Instruction Following Too close to call

GPT-4.1 mini: 73.7 (#118), Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniGrok 4.1
LMArena Instruction Following13331400
IFEval90.4%—

Long Context Grok 4.1 leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 31.8 (#275), Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniGrok 4.1
LMArena Longer Query13441416
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%—

Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 48.6 (#199), Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniGrok 4.1
LMArena Text13401437
LMArena Creative Writing13001411
LMArena Multi-Turn13541437
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1147—
WildBench83.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.1 mini better than Grok 4.1?

Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4.1 mini or Grok 4.1 better for coding?

Grok 4.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.7 versus 30.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 mini and Grok 4.1 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 mini has 47 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.1 has 19.

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