# DeepSeek-R1 vs Grok 3

> DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 39.6 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-r1-vs-grok-3
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 38

## Summary

- They share 38 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1 scores higher in 7 categories and Grok 3 in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in long context, where DeepSeek-R1 leads 45.4 to 38.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Aider Polyglot: 71.4% for DeepSeek-R1 and 53.3% for Grok 3.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek-R1 | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 42.0 | 39.6 |
| Rank | 110 | 150 |
| Context | 164K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.50 | — |
| Output $/M | $2.15 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- DeepSeek-R1: 45.9 (#63)
- Grok 3: 41.5 (#113)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 71.4% | 53.3% |
| WeirdML | 41.6% | 37.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1427 | 1432 |
| SciCode | 35.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 66.7% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 804.12 | — |
| AlgoTune | 1.7 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- DeepSeek-R1: 30.4 (#68)
- Grok 3: 30.2 (#69)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 34.9% | 29.5% |
| DeepResearch Bench | 35.1% | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 53.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek-R1: 18.7 (#253)
- Grok 3: 13.8 (#322)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 1.3% | 0% |
| SimpleBench | 40.8% | 36.1% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 69.4% | 61.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 21.2% | 5.5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1415 | 1433 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.3 | 138.34 |
| CritPt | 1.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 83.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 69.8% | — |
| ForecastBench | 60 | — |
| LiveBench | 71.6% | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek-R1: 42.0 (#70)
- Grok 3: 36.2 (#122)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 66.4% | 55.6% |
| Omni-MATH | 42.4% | 46.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1401 | 1390 |
| MATH Level 5 | 96.6% | 88.7% |
| LiveBench Math | 80.7% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 3.8% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 0% |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek-R1: 44.3 (#81)
- Grok 3: 46.0 (#76)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 76.3% | 75.8% |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.3% | 78.8% |
| Confabulations | 12.7% | 14.2% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 11.3% | 5.8% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 66.6% | 65% |
| LMArena Expert | 1394 | 1420 |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek-R1: 52.6 (#80)
- Grok 3: 52.5 (#81)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1412 | 1411 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1443 | 1448 |
| LMArena French | 1415 | 1460 |
| LMArena German | 1405 | 1431 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1394 | 1389 |
| LMArena Korean | 1359 | 1374 |
| LMArena Russian | 1423 | 1416 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1410 | 1417 |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek-R1: 72.2 (#138)
- Grok 3: 75.2 (#69)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 78.4% | 88.4% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1382 | 1409 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 80.5% | — |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek-R1: 45.4 (#36)
- Grok 3: 38.7 (#187)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 75% | 58.3% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1391 | 1439 |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek-R1: 61.5 (#84)
- Grok 3: 56.0 (#136)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Grok 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1426 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1406 | 1414 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 83% | 76.4% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1500 | 1186 |
| WildBench | 82.8% | 84.9% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1404 | 1424 |
| LiveBench Language | 48.5% | — |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek-R1 better than Grok 3?

DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 39.6 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DeepSeek-R1 or Grok 3 better for coding?

DeepSeek-R1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.9 versus 41.5 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1 and Grok 3 share?

38 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Grok 3 has 40.