Model comparison

GPT-5.4 vs Grok-3 mini

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 OpenAI

59.4

Rank #16 Confirmed

Grok-3 mini xAI

41.2

Rank #141 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 scores higher in 7 categories and Grok-3 mini in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.4 leads 61.8 to 13.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-1: 93.7% for GPT-5.4 and 16.5% for Grok-3 mini.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 and Grok-3 mini specifications
GPT-5.4Grok-3 mini
ProviderOpenAIxAI
Noometry Index59.441.2
Released2026-03-052025-04-09
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$15—
Results tracked6835

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 52.6 (#33), Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok-3 mini
WeirdML77.7%42.6%
LMArena Coding14971379
SWE-bench Verified76.9%—
DeepSWE51.8%—
Aider Polyglot—49.3%
LMArena WebDev1465—
SciCode56.6%—
GSO31.4%—
MirrorCode15.6%—
ALE-Bench1,607—
AlgoTune1.85—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#13), Grok-3 mini: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok-3 mini
Terminal-Bench81.8%—
APEX-Agents52.4%—
τ²-bench Banking39.4%—
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
PostTrainBench19%—
GBAEval45.1%—
LMArena Search1197—
METR Time Horizons74.3%—
Vending-Bench 26,144—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 61.8 (#19), Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok-3 mini
ARC-AGI-274%0.4%
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.8%61.3%
ARC-AGI-193.7%16.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851375
Epoch Capabilities Index156.81140.35
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
CritPt23.4%—
Chess Puzzles44%—
EnigmaEval16%—
Thematic Generalization80%—
EBR-Bench25.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench94.4%—
LMCA52%—
ForecastBench59.5—

Math GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 73.5 (#19), Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85)

Knowledge GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#14), Grok-3 mini: 46.4 (#81)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok-3 mini
GPQA Diamond93.3%76.3%
LMArena Expert15071395
Humanity's Last Exam36.2%—
SimpleQA Verified45.1%—
MMLU-Pro—79.9%
Confabulations—10.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%—
GPQA (HELM)—67.5%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 43.7 (#20), Grok-3 mini: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok-3 mini
LMArena Vision1303—
Blueprint-Bench 227.1%—
Furniture Assembly37.5%—
LMArena Document1471—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 56.2 (#23), Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok-3 mini
LMArena Non-English14651352
LMArena Chinese15191387
LMArena French14931357
LMArena German14721349
LMArena Japanese14851342
LMArena Korean14481335
LMArena Russian14801353
LMArena Spanish14541381

Instruction Following Grok-3 mini leads

GPT-5.4: 77.1 (#27), Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok-3 mini
LMArena Instruction Following14691357
IFEval—95.1%

Long Context GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8), Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok-3 mini
LMArena Longer Query14731372
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench27.9%—
CL-bench Life21.7%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 71.9 (#17), Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Grok-3 mini
LMArena Text14691370
LMArena Creative Writing14391342
LMArena Multi-Turn14821355
Short-Story Creative Writing—73.5%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1840—
WildBench—65.1%
EQ-Bench 41272—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 better than Grok-3 mini?

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.4 or Grok-3 mini better for coding?

GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.6 versus 40.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 and Grok-3 mini share?

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 has 68 scored results on Noometry and Grok-3 mini has 35.

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