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Model comparison

GPT-4.1 vs Grok 3

Grok 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 37 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 OpenAI

35.9

Rank #219 Confirmed

Grok 3 xAI

39.9

Rank #157 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 37 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 scores higher in 3 categories and Grok 3 in 6 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Grok 3 leads 38.0 to 22.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 38.3% for GPT-4.1 and 55.6% for Grok 3.

Side by side

GPT-4.1Grok 3
ProviderOpenAIxAI
Noometry Index35.939.9
Released2025-04-142025-04-09
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$8—
Results tracked5240

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Category by category

Coding Grok 3 leads

GPT-4.1: 34.4 (#238), Grok 3: 41.9 (#115)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1Grok 3
Aider Polyglot52.4%53.3%
WeirdML39%37.2%
LMArena Coding13911432
SWE-bench Verified48.5%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)39.6%—
CadEval42%—
ALE-Bench558.1—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-4.1 leads

GPT-4.1: 34.7 (#43), Grok 3: 30.5 (#76)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1Grok 3
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard54%—
BALROG—29.5%

Reasoning Grok 3 leads

GPT-4.1: 11.7 (#339), Grok 3: 13.7 (#333)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1Grok 3
ARC-AGI-20.4%0%
SimpleBench27%36.1%
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.3%61.3%
ARC-AGI-15.5%5.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts13841434
Epoch Capabilities Index136.78138.33
Chess Puzzles6%—
EnigmaEval2.2%—
DTBench68.3%—
LMCA25.6%—
ForecastBench61.5—

Math Grok 3 leads

GPT-4.1: 22.3 (#280), Grok 3: 38.0 (#145)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1Grok 3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202538.3%55.6%
Omni-MATH47.1%46.4%
LMArena Math13701391
MATH Level 583%88.7%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)5.5%3.8%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%0%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)6%—

Knowledge Grok 3 leads

GPT-4.1: 37.1 (#160), Grok 3: 46.2 (#82)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1Grok 3
GPQA Diamond66.9%75.8%
MMLU-Pro81.1%78.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.6%5.8%
GPQA (HELM)65.9%65%
LMArena Expert13641421
Humanity's Last Exam5.4%—
SimpleQA Verified31.1%—
Confabulations—14.2%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.1: 38.2 (#67), Grok 3: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1Grok 3
LMArena Vision1211—
GeoBench72%—

Multilingual Grok 3 leads

GPT-4.1: 49.4 (#133), Grok 3: 52.3 (#87)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1Grok 3
LMArena Non-English13701410
LMArena Chinese13821448
LMArena French13821460
LMArena German13811431
LMArena Japanese13191387
LMArena Korean13391373
LMArena Russian13771416
LMArena Spanish13761417

Instruction Following Grok 3 leads

GPT-4.1: 71.3 (#153), Grok 3: 75.0 (#73)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1Grok 3
IFEval83.8%88.4%
LMArena Instruction Following13671409

Long Context GPT-4.1 leads

GPT-4.1: 40.0 (#163), Grok 3: 38.7 (#192)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1Grok 3
Fiction.LiveBench63.9%58.3%
LMArena Longer Query13851439

Writing & Preference GPT-4.1 leads

GPT-4.1: 57.6 (#125), Grok 3: 55.8 (#141)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1Grok 3
LMArena Text13831426
LMArena Creative Writing13631414
EQ-Bench Creative Writing14201186
WildBench85.4%84.9%
LMArena Multi-Turn13981425
Short-Story Creative Writing—76.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.1 better than Grok 3?

Grok 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4.1 or Grok 3 better for coding?

Grok 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 and Grok 3 share?

37 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Grok 3 has 40.

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