Model comparison
Grok-3 mini vs MiniMax M1
Grok-3 mini and MiniMax M1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.2 vs 40.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-3 mini scores higher in 5 categories and MiniMax M1 in 3 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiniMax M1 leads 26.9 to 13.6.
- MiniMax M1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok-3 mini | MiniMax M1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 41.2 | 40.3 |
| Released | 2025-04-09 | 2025-06-13 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.55 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1379 | 1359 |
| Aider Polyglot | 49.3% | — |
| WeirdML | 42.6% | — |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1375 | 1339 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.4% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 61.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 16.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 140.35 | — |
Math Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85), MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1386 | 1361 |
| 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), MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1395 | 1317 |
| 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), MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1352 | 1319 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1387 | 1360 |
| LMArena French | 1357 | 1370 |
| LMArena German | 1349 | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1342 | 1217 |
| LMArena Korean | 1335 | 1266 |
| LMArena Russian | 1353 | 1329 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1381 | 1353 |
Instruction Following Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9), MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1357 | 1312 |
| IFEval | 95.1% | — |
Long Context Too close to call
Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 66.7% | 69.4% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1372 | 1326 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169), MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1370 | 1343 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1342 | 1298 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1355 | 1335 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.5% | — |
| WildBench | 65.1% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok-3 mini better than MiniMax M1?
Grok-3 mini and MiniMax M1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.2 vs 40.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Grok-3 mini or MiniMax M1 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (40.8 vs 39.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Grok-3 mini and MiniMax M1 share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-3 mini has 35 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.