Model comparison
Grok 4.1 Fast vs o1-mini
Grok 4.1 Fast is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.1 Fast scores higher in 6 categories and o1-mini in 3 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.1 Fast leads 43.4 to 8.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleBench: 56% for Grok 4.1 Fast and 18.1% for o1-mini.
Side by side
| Grok 4.1 Fast | o1-mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 41.4 | 34.0 |
| Released | 2025-06-27 | 2024-09-12 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 30K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.20 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 32 | 39 |
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Category by category
Coding o1-mini leads
Grok 4.1 Fast: 34.1 (#245), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 Fast | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1411 | 1362 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 32.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1242 | — |
| WeirdML | — | 36.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 48% |
| ALE-Bench | 394.93 | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 89% |
| MBPP+ | — | 78.8% |
Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.1 Fast leads
Grok 4.1 Fast: 36.3 (#39), o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 Fast | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 69.6% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 13.1% | — |
| Cybench | — | 10% |
| LMArena Search | 1171 | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 1,107 | — |
Reasoning Grok 4.1 Fast leads
Grok 4.1 Fast: 43.4 (#49), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 Fast | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 56% | 18.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1407 | 1333 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0.8% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 87.4% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 14% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 72.3% |
| DTBench | 87.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 57.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 135.82 |
| ForecastBench | 61 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 57.8% |
Math o1-mini leads
Grok 4.1 Fast: 31.9 (#221), o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 Fast | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1408 | 1358 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 60.9% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 46.9% |
| ProofBench | 4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 62% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 89.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge o1-mini leads
Grok 4.1 Fast: 33.1 (#207), o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 Fast | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1399 | 1316 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 62.4% |
| Confabulations | — | 18.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 17.8% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Grok 4.1 Fast: 37.0 (#76), o1-mini: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 Fast | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1201 | — |
Multilingual Grok 4.1 Fast leads
Grok 4.1 Fast: 51.0 (#114), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 Fast | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1391 | 1289 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1441 | 1314 |
| LMArena French | 1415 | 1293 |
| LMArena German | 1404 | 1278 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1349 | 1245 |
| LMArena Korean | 1361 | 1223 |
| LMArena Russian | 1387 | 1283 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1413 | 1303 |
Instruction Following Grok 4.1 Fast leads
Grok 4.1 Fast: 72.7 (#133), o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 Fast | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1376 | 1304 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 65.4% |
Long Context Grok 4.1 Fast leads
Grok 4.1 Fast: 42.4 (#126), o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 Fast | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1390 | 1320 |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 Fast leads
Grok 4.1 Fast: 57.2 (#131), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 Fast | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1408 | 1317 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1394 | 1244 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1389 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 64.9% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1327 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 40.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 4.1 Fast better than o1-mini?
Grok 4.1 Fast is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 4.1 Fast or o1-mini better for coding?
o1-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 4.1 Fast and o1-mini share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.1 Fast has 32 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.