Model comparison
Grok-3 mini vs Nova Premier 1.0
Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-3 mini scores higher in 4 categories and Nova Premier 1.0 in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Grok-3 mini leads 78.5 to 66.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 61.3% for Grok-3 mini and 44.8% for Nova Premier 1.0.
Side by side
| Grok-3 mini | Nova Premier 1.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 41.2 | 38.3 |
| Released | 2025-04-09 | 2025-04-30 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 10K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $12.50 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 49.3% | — |
| WeirdML | 42.6% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1379 | — |
Reasoning Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334), Nova Premier 1.0: 23.0 (#185)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 61.3% | 44.8% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.4% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 16.5% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1375 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 140.35 | — |
Math Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85), Nova Premier 1.0: 33.8 (#199)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 31.8% | 35% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 77.8% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1386 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 90.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 5.9% | — |
Knowledge Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 46.4 (#81), Nova Premier 1.0: 35.8 (#180)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 79.9% | 72.6% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 67.5% | 51.8% |
| GPQA Diamond | 76.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 10.8% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1395 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9), Nova Premier 1.0: 66.8 (#204)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 95.1% | 80.3% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1357 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 66.7% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1372 | — |
Writing & Preference Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169), Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#178)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | 65.1% | 78.8% |
| LMArena Text | 1370 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1342 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.5% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1355 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok-3 mini better than Nova Premier 1.0?
Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Grok-3 mini and Nova Premier 1.0 share?
6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-3 mini has 35 scored results on Noometry and Nova Premier 1.0 has 6.