Model comparison

Grok-3 mini vs Qwen2.5 Plus 1127

Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Grok-3 mini xAI

41.2

Rank #141 Confirmed

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 Alibaba (Qwen)

38.8

Rank #181 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-3 mini scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads 25.9 to 13.6.

Side by side

Grok-3 mini and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 specifications
Grok-3 miniQwen2.5 Plus 1127
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.238.8
Released2025-04-09—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3514

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Category by category

Coding Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 38.5 (#175)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Coding13791314
Aider Polyglot49.3%—
WeirdML42.6%—

Reasoning Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads

Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 25.9 (#141)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Hard Prompts13751299
ARC-AGI-20.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark61.3%—
ARC-AGI-116.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index140.35—

Math Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 36.1 (#174)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Math13861298
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202577.8%—
Omni-MATH31.8%—
MATH Level 590.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)5.9%—

Knowledge Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 46.4 (#81), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 35.5 (#183)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Expert13951289
GPQA Diamond76.3%—
MMLU-Pro79.9%—
Confabulations10.8%—
GPQA (HELM)67.5%—

Multilingual Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 41.9 (#201)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Non-English13521265
LMArena Chinese13871314
LMArena German13491231
LMArena Japanese13421207
LMArena Russian13531271
LMArena French1357—
LMArena Korean1335—
LMArena Spanish1381—

Instruction Following Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 67.2 (#199)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Instruction Following13571275
IFEval95.1%—

Long Context Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 39.2 (#184)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Longer Query13721292
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%—

Writing & Preference Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 49.4 (#192)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Text13701299
LMArena Creative Writing13421262
LMArena Multi-Turn13551299
Short-Story Creative Writing73.5%—
WildBench65.1%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok-3 mini better than Qwen2.5 Plus 1127?

Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok-3 mini or Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 better for coding?

Grok-3 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 38.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok-3 mini and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-3 mini has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 has 14.

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