Model comparison
Grok-3 mini vs Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads 22.4 to 13.6.
Side by side
| Grok-3 mini | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 41.2 | 33.4 |
| Released | 2025-04-09 | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 35 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.8 (#133)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 49.3% | — |
| SciCode | — | 42.7% |
| WeirdML | 42.6% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1379 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok-3 mini: —, Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#136)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GDP.pdf | — | 2% |
Reasoning Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 22.4 (#194)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.4% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 61.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 16.5% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1375 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 140.35 | — |
Math Not comparable
Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 77.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 31.8% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1386 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 90.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 5.9% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Grok-3 mini: 46.4 (#81), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 76.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.9% | — |
| Confabulations | 10.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 67.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1395 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 95.1% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1357 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 66.7% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1372 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1370 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1342 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.5% | — |
| WildBench | 65.1% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1355 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok-3 mini better than Nova 2.0 Pro Preview?
Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok-3 mini or Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (40.8 vs 40.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Grok-3 mini and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-3 mini has 35 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3.