Model comparison
Grok 4.1 vs o3-mini
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.1 scores higher in 7 categories and o3-mini in 2 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.1 leads 29.5 to 16.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Cybench: 39% for Grok 4.1 and 22.5% for o3-mini.
Side by side
| Grok 4.1 | o3-mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 41.5 | 36.7 |
| Released | 2025-11-17 | 2024-12-20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 200K |
| Max output | — | 100K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $4.40 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 51 |
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Category by category
Coding o3-mini leads
Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253), o3-mini: 40.8 (#132)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | o3-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1445 | 1378 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 60.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1214 | — |
| SciCode | — | 39.8% |
| GSO | — | 1.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 43.7% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 82.7% |
| CadEval | — | 54% |
Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49), o3-mini: 29.6 (#84)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | o3-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 39% | 22.5% |
Reasoning Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91), o3-mini: 16.3 (#305)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | o3-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1435 | 1366 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 3% |
| SimpleBench | — | 22.8% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 34.5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 17% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 89.6% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 7% |
| DTBench | — | 68.8% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 70.6% |
| LMCA | — | 19% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 140.34 |
| ForecastBench | — | 59.6 |
| LiveBench | — | 75.9% |
Math Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120), o3-mini: 28.1 (#244)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | o3-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1422 | 1396 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 18.6% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 0% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 76.9% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 77.3% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 96.5% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 12.4% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 4.2% |
Knowledge Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133), o3-mini: 38.3 (#146)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | o3-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1417 | 1364 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 77% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 15.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 17.9% |
Multilingual Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68), o3-mini: 45.7 (#164)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | o3-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1425 | 1319 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | 1379 |
| LMArena French | 1448 | 1334 |
| LMArena German | 1446 | 1303 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1397 | 1286 |
| LMArena Korean | 1407 | 1314 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | 1304 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1438 | 1321 |
Instruction Following o3-mini leads
Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111), o3-mini: 75.1 (#72)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | o3-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1400 | 1337 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 84.4% |
Long Context Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100), o3-mini: 33.8 (#256)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | o3-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1416 | 1343 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 50% |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 leads
Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75), o3-mini: 50.3 (#182)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | o3-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | 1337 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1411 | 1286 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1437 | 1320 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 61.7% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 50.7% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 4.1 better than o3-mini?
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 4.1 or o3-mini better for coding?
o3-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 33.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 4.1 and o3-mini share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and o3-mini has 51.