Model comparison
Grok-3 mini vs Magistral Medium
Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-3 mini scores higher in 8 categories and Magistral Medium in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok-3 mini leads 46.4 to 33.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 61.3% for Grok-3 mini and 16.2% for Magistral Medium.
- Magistral Medium has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok-3 mini | Magistral Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 41.2 | 35.2 |
| Released | 2025-04-09 | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $5 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131), Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1379 | 1319 |
| Aider Polyglot | 49.3% | — |
| SciCode | — | 39.2% |
| WeirdML | 42.6% | — |
Reasoning Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334), Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.4% | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 61.3% | 16.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 16.5% | 6.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1375 | 1267 |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 140.35 | — |
Math Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85), Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1386 | 1250 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 77.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 31.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 90.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 5.9% | — |
Knowledge Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 46.4 (#81), Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1395 | 1223 |
| GPQA Diamond | 76.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.9% | — |
| Confabulations | 10.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 67.5% | — |
Multilingual Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145), Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1352 | 1232 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1387 | 1227 |
| LMArena French | 1357 | 1267 |
| LMArena German | 1349 | 1248 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1342 | 1175 |
| LMArena Korean | 1335 | 1125 |
| LMArena Russian | 1353 | 1224 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1381 | 1271 |
Instruction Following Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9), Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1357 | 1254 |
| IFEval | 95.1% | — |
Long Context Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147), Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1372 | 1295 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 66.7% | — |
Writing & Preference Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169), Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1370 | 1255 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1342 | 1245 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1355 | 1275 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.5% | — |
| WildBench | 65.1% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok-3 mini better than Magistral Medium?
Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok-3 mini or Magistral Medium better for coding?
Grok-3 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 39.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok-3 mini and Magistral Medium share?
20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-3 mini has 35 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Medium has 22.