# Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10 vs Grok-3 mini

> Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10 is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.5 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-experimental-chat-26-02-10-vs-grok-3-mini
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10 scores higher in 5 categories and Grok-3 mini in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10 leads 30.1 to 13.6.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10 | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 44.5 | 41.2 |
| Rank | 77 | 141 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10: 43.9 (#82)
- Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10 | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1483 | 1379 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 49.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 42.6% |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10: 30.1 (#86)
- Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10 | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1458 | 1375 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0.4% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 61.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 16.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 140.35 |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10: 39.3 (#109)
- Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10 | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1438 | 1386 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 77.8% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 31.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 90.9% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 5.9% |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10: 42.3 (#97)
- Grok-3 mini: 46.4 (#81)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10 | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1506 | 1395 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 76.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 79.9% |
| Confabulations | — | 10.8% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 67.5% |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10: 54.0 (#50)
- Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10 | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1434 | 1352 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1463 | 1387 |
| LMArena Russian | 1423 | 1353 |
| LMArena French | — | 1357 |
| LMArena German | — | 1349 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1342 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1335 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1381 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10: 75.2 (#69)
- Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10 | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1427 | 1357 |
| IFEval | — | 95.1% |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10: 44.0 (#77)
- Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10 | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1441 | 1372 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10: 61.8 (#84)
- Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10 | Grok-3 mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1448 | 1370 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1368 | 1342 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1442 | 1355 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 73.5% |
| WildBench | — | 65.1% |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10 better than Grok-3 mini?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10 is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.5 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10 or Grok-3 mini better for coding?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.9 versus 40.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10 and Grok-3 mini share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 02 10 has 12 scored results on Noometry and Grok-3 mini has 35.