Model comparison

GPT-4o vs Grok 3

Grok 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 37 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4o OpenAI

28.6

Rank #324 Confirmed

Grok 3 xAI

39.9

Rank #157 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 37 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4o scores higher in 1 category and Grok 3 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Grok 3 leads 38.0 to 10.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 6.4% for GPT-4o and 55.6% for Grok 3.

Side by side

GPT-4o and Grok 3 specifications
GPT-4oGrok 3
ProviderOpenAIxAI
Noometry Index28.639.9
Released2024-05-132025-04-09
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window128K—
Max output16K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked7240

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Category by category

Coding Grok 3 leads

GPT-4o: 24.8 (#328), Grok 3: 41.9 (#115)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 3
Aider Polyglot45.3%53.3%
WeirdML25.1%37.2%
LMArena Coding12971432
SWE-bench Verified31%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)21.6%—
GSO0%—
BigCodeBench Instruct51.1%—
LiveBench Coding51.4%—
BigCodeBench Complete61.1%—
CadEval26%—
HumanEval+87.2%—
MBPP+72.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Grok 3 leads

GPT-4o: 21.0 (#141), Grok 3: 30.5 (#76)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 3
BALROG32.3%29.5%
GDPval9.9%—
TheAgentCompany8.6%—
Cybench12.5%—
LMArena Search1006—
METR Time Horizons40.8%—

Reasoning Grok 3 leads

GPT-4o: 9.4 (#343), Grok 3: 13.7 (#333)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 3
ARC-AGI-20%0%
SimpleBench17.8%36.1%
ARC-AGI-14.5%5.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts12811434
Epoch Capabilities Index128.97138.33
Kagi LLM Benchmark—61.3%
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles13%—
EnigmaEval0.8%—
LiveBench Reasoning55.8%—
DTBench64.5%—
LiveBench Data Analysis60.9%—
LMCA16.6%—
ForecastBench57.7—
LiveBench55.3%—

Math Grok 3 leads

GPT-4o: 10.6 (#312), Grok 3: 38.0 (#145)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20256.4%55.6%
Omni-MATH29.3%46.4%
LMArena Math12851391
MATH Level 553.3%88.7%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0.3%3.8%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)0.4%—
LiveBench Math49.5%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—0%

Knowledge Grok 3 leads

GPT-4o: 28.8 (#242), Grok 3: 46.2 (#82)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 3
GPQA Diamond49.2%75.8%
MMLU-Pro71.3%78.8%
Confabulations15.3%14.2%
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.6%5.8%
GPQA (HELM)52%65%
LMArena Expert12501421
Humanity's Last Exam2.7%—
SimpleQA Verified26%—
MMLU88.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4o: 34.5 (#91), Grok 3: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 3
LMArena Vision1137—
Video-MME71.9%—
GeoBench71%—
VPCT40%—
ScienceQA88.5%—

Multilingual Grok 3 leads

GPT-4o: 43.2 (#186), Grok 3: 52.3 (#87)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 3
LMArena Non-English12831410
LMArena Chinese12771448
LMArena French13041460
LMArena German12821431
LMArena Japanese12571387
LMArena Korean12341373
LMArena Russian12861416
LMArena Spanish12921417

Instruction Following Grok 3 leads

GPT-4o: 66.6 (#207), Grok 3: 75.0 (#73)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 3
IFEval81.7%88.4%
LMArena Instruction Following12781409
LiveBench Instruction Following68.6%—

Long Context Too close to call

GPT-4o: 39.4 (#179), Grok 3: 38.7 (#192)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 3
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%58.3%
LMArena Longer Query12891439

Writing & Preference Grok 3 leads

GPT-4o: 52.6 (#166), Grok 3: 55.8 (#141)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oGrok 3
LMArena Text13001426
LMArena Creative Writing12921414
Short-Story Creative Writing81.8%76.4%
WildBench82.8%84.9%
LMArena Multi-Turn13021425
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1186
LiveBench Language47.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4o better than Grok 3?

Grok 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4o or Grok 3 better for coding?

Grok 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 24.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4o and Grok 3 share?

37 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4o has 72 scored results on Noometry and Grok 3 has 40.

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