Model comparison
Grok-3 mini vs Palm 2
Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-3 mini scores higher in 6 categories and Palm 2 in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Grok-3 mini leads 78.7 to 51.3.
Side by side
| Grok-3 mini | Palm 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | |
| Noometry Index | 41.0 | 29.4 |
| Released | 2025-04-09 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 35 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 40.4 (#126), Palm 2: 28.5 (#306)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1380 | 995 |
| Aider Polyglot | 49.3% | — |
| WeirdML | 42.6% | — |
Reasoning Palm 2 leads
Grok-3 mini: 13.8 (#323), Palm 2: 18.2 (#270)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1374 | 1005 |
| 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: 40.3 (#78), Palm 2: 28.4 (#229)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1386 | 1049 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 77.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 31.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 90.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 5.9% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Grok-3 mini: 46.3 (#75), Palm 2: —
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 76.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.9% | — |
| Confabulations | 10.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 67.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1395 | — |
Multilingual Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 48.3 (#141), Palm 2: 21.1 (#290)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1352 | 916 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1387 | 887 |
| LMArena French | 1357 | — |
| LMArena German | 1350 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1343 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1336 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1352 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1379 | — |
Instruction Following Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 78.7 (#8), Palm 2: 51.3 (#291)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1356 | 1010 |
| IFEval | 95.1% | — |
Long Context Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#142), Palm 2: 30.7 (#280)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1372 | 1010 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 66.7% | — |
Writing & Preference Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 52.7 (#163), Palm 2: 25.7 (#299)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1370 | 1027 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1342 | 991 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1355 | 994 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.5% | — |
| WildBench | 65.1% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok-3 mini better than Palm 2?
Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok-3 mini or Palm 2 better for coding?
Grok-3 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok-3 mini and Palm 2 share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-3 mini has 35 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.