Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 4.3 vs MiniMax M1

Grok 4.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 40.3 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax M1 costs 1.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.3 xAI

43.8

Rank #86 Confirmed

MiniMax M1 MiniMax

40.3

Rank #150 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.3 scores higher in 8 categories and MiniMax M1 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 4.3 leads 52.5 to 36.4.
  • MiniMax M1 is cheaper at $0.55 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $2.50 for Grok 4.3.
  • MiniMax M1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.3MiniMax M1
ProviderxAIMiniMax
Noometry Index43.840.3
Released2026-04-172025-06-13
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M1M
Max output30K40K
Input $ / M tokens$1.25$0.55
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$2.20
Results tracked4018

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 41.6 (#121), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3MiniMax M1
LMArena Coding14151359
LMArena WebDev1357—
SciCode47.3%—
WeirdML49.9%—
ALE-Bench944.17—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 27.7 (#99), MiniMax M1: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.3MiniMax M1
GDP.pdf8%—
LMArena Search1165—
Vending-Bench 235.26—

Reasoning Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 35.9 (#68), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3MiniMax M1
LMArena Hard Prompts13961339
NYT Connections (extended)55.2%—
CritPt8%—
Chess Puzzles25%—
DTBench90.7%—
LMCA38.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index149.16—
ForecastBench60.3—

Math Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 46.0 (#74), MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3MiniMax M1
LMArena Math13881361
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)42.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 414.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202593.3%—
ProofBench11%—

Knowledge Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 52.5 (#62), MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3MiniMax M1
LMArena Expert13851317
GPQA Diamond88.8%—
SimpleQA Verified33.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.3: 31.6 (#104), MiniMax M1: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.3MiniMax M1
LMArena Vision1229—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—

Multilingual Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 50.5 (#120), MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3MiniMax M1
LMArena Non-English13851319
LMArena Chinese14221360
LMArena French14121370
LMArena German13951350
LMArena Japanese13791217
LMArena Korean13561266
LMArena Russian13991329
LMArena Spanish13981353

Instruction Following Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 72.1 (#140), MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3MiniMax M1
LMArena Instruction Following13661312

Long Context Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 42.5 (#123), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3MiniMax M1
LMArena Longer Query13931326
Fiction.LiveBench—69.4%

Writing & Preference Grok 4.3 leads

Grok 4.3: 58.5 (#118), MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)

BenchmarkGrok 4.3MiniMax M1
LMArena Text13971343
LMArena Creative Writing13801298
LMArena Multi-Turn14061335
EQ-Bench 41075—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.3 better than MiniMax M1?

Grok 4.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 40.3 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax M1 costs 1.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Grok 4.3 or MiniMax M1?

MiniMax M1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.55 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Grok 4.3 lists at $1.25 and $2.50.

Is Grok 4.3 or MiniMax M1 better for coding?

Grok 4.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.6 versus 39.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1M tokens.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.3 and MiniMax M1 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.3 has 40 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.

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