Model comparison

GPT-5.1-Codex vs Grok-3 mini

Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.1-Codex OpenAI

38.6

Rank #186 Reported

Grok-3 mini xAI

41.2

Rank #141 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Grok-3 mini leads 42.1 to 30.3.

Side by side

GPT-5.1-Codex and Grok-3 mini specifications
GPT-5.1-CodexGrok-3 mini
ProviderOpenAIxAI
Noometry Index38.641.2
Released2025-11-122025-04-09
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked635

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.1-Codex leads

GPT-5.1-Codex: 41.9 (#116), Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexGrok-3 mini
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)66%—
Aider Polyglot—49.3%
LMArena WebDev1337—
WeirdML—42.6%
LMArena Coding—1379
ALE-Bench1,245—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: 38.0 (#33), Grok-3 mini: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexGrok-3 mini
Terminal-Bench60.4%—
METR Time Horizons70.8%—

Reasoning Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexGrok-3 mini
ARC-AGI-2—0.4%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—61.3%
ARC-AGI-1—16.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1375
Epoch Capabilities Index—140.35

Math Grok-3 mini leads

GPT-5.1-Codex: 30.3 (#235), Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexGrok-3 mini
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—77.8%
ProofBench9%—
Omni-MATH—31.8%
LMArena Math—1386
MATH Level 5—90.9%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—5.9%

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Grok-3 mini: 46.4 (#81)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexGrok-3 mini
GPQA Diamond—76.3%
MMLU-Pro—79.9%
Confabulations—10.8%
GPQA (HELM)—67.5%
LMArena Expert—1395

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexGrok-3 mini
LMArena Non-English—1352
LMArena Chinese—1387
LMArena French—1357
LMArena German—1349
LMArena Japanese—1342
LMArena Korean—1335
LMArena Russian—1353
LMArena Spanish—1381

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexGrok-3 mini
IFEval—95.1%
LMArena Instruction Following—1357

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexGrok-3 mini
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
LMArena Longer Query—1372

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexGrok-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 GPT-5.1-Codex better than Grok-3 mini?

Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.1-Codex or Grok-3 mini better for coding?

GPT-5.1-Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 40.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.1-Codex and Grok-3 mini share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.1-Codex has 6 scored results on Noometry and Grok-3 mini has 35.

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