Model comparison

Grok-3 mini vs o1-pro

Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Grok-3 mini xAI

41.2

Rank #141 Confirmed

o1-pro OpenAI

31.5

Rank #271 Reported

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Grok-3 mini scores higher in 1 category and o1-pro in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok-3 mini leads 46.4 to 29.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-1: 16.5% for Grok-3 mini and 23.3% for o1-pro.

Side by side

Grok-3 mini and o1-pro specifications
Grok-3 minio1-pro
ProviderxAIOpenAI
Noometry Index41.231.5
Released2025-04-092025-03-19
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—200K
Max output—100K
Input $ / M tokens—$150
Output $ / M tokens—$600
Results tracked353

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131), o1-pro: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 minio1-pro
Aider Polyglot49.3%—
WeirdML42.6%—
LMArena Coding1379—

Reasoning o1-pro leads

Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334), o1-pro: 20.4 (#239)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 minio1-pro
ARC-AGI-116.5%23.3%
ARC-AGI-20.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark61.3%—
EnigmaEval—6.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts1375—
Epoch Capabilities Index140.35—

Math Not comparable

Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85), o1-pro: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 minio1-pro
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202577.8%—
Omni-MATH31.8%—
LMArena Math1386—
MATH Level 590.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)5.9%—

Knowledge Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 46.4 (#81), o1-pro: 29.7 (#234)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 minio1-pro
GPQA Diamond76.3%—
Humanity's Last Exam—8.1%
MMLU-Pro79.9%—
Confabulations10.8%—
GPQA (HELM)67.5%—
LMArena Expert1395—

Multilingual Not comparable

Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145), o1-pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 minio1-pro
LMArena Non-English1352—
LMArena Chinese1387—
LMArena French1357—
LMArena German1349—
LMArena Japanese1342—
LMArena Korean1335—
LMArena Russian1353—
LMArena Spanish1381—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9), o1-pro: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 minio1-pro
IFEval95.1%—
LMArena Instruction Following1357—

Long Context Not comparable

Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147), o1-pro: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 minio1-pro
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%—
LMArena Longer Query1372—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169), o1-pro: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 minio1-pro
LMArena Text1370—
LMArena Creative Writing1342—
Short-Story Creative Writing73.5%—
WildBench65.1%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1355—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok-3 mini better than o1-pro?

Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Grok-3 mini and o1-pro share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Grok-3 mini has 35 scored results on Noometry and o1-pro has 3.

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