# Grok-3 mini vs Grok 4.6

> Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 41.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-3-mini-vs-grok-4-6
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 23

## Summary

- They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-3 mini scores higher in 1 category and Grok 4.6 in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.6 leads 61.3 to 13.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-1: 16.5% for Grok-3 mini and 87.5% for Grok 4.6.

## Snapshot

| | Grok-3 mini | Grok 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 41.0 | 56.8 |
| Rank | 130 | 19 |
| Context | — | 500K |
| Input $/M | — | $2 |
| Output $/M | — | $6 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Grok-3 mini: 40.4 (#126)
- Grok 4.6: 58.0 (#14)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Grok 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 42.6% | 67.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1380 | 1464 |
| DeepSWE | — | 67.5% |
| FrontierCode | — | 48% |
| Aider Polyglot | 49.3% | — |
| CursorBench | — | 41.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1620 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 25.3% |
| SciCode | — | 56.5% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,508 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok-3 mini: —
- Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#25)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Grok 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 65.3% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 17.2% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 9,047 |

## Reasoning

- Grok-3 mini: 13.8 (#323)
- Grok 4.6: 61.3 (#18)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Grok 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.4% | 67.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 16.5% | 87.5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1374 | 1445 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 140.35 | 156.48 |
| SimpleBench | — | 75.9% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 61.3% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 80% |
| CritPt | — | 19.7% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 40% |
| EBR-Bench | — | 30.5% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 34% |
| DTBench | — | 97.3% |
| LMCA | — | 48.5% |

## Math

- Grok-3 mini: 40.3 (#78)
- Grok 4.6: 66.8 (#19)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Grok 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 77.8% | 99.2% |
| LMArena Math | 1386 | 1416 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 66% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 31.7% |
| ProofBench | — | 51% |
| Omni-MATH | 31.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 90.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 5.9% | — |

## Knowledge

- Grok-3 mini: 46.3 (#75)
- Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#18)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Grok 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 76.3% | 94% |
| LMArena Expert | 1395 | 1463 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 49.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.9% | — |
| Confabulations | 10.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 67.5% | — |

## Multimodal

- Grok-3 mini: —
- Grok 4.6: 43.9 (#18)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Grok 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1265 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 33.2% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 40% |
| LMArena Document | — | 1452 |

## Multilingual

- Grok-3 mini: 48.3 (#141)
- Grok 4.6: 53.3 (#67)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Grok 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1352 | 1422 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1387 | 1479 |
| LMArena French | 1357 | 1458 |
| LMArena German | 1350 | 1425 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1343 | 1383 |
| LMArena Korean | 1336 | 1395 |
| LMArena Russian | 1352 | 1427 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1379 | 1408 |

## Instruction Following

- Grok-3 mini: 78.7 (#8)
- Grok 4.6: 75.6 (#59)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Grok 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1356 | 1431 |
| IFEval | 95.1% | — |

## Long Context

- Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#142)
- Grok 4.6: 44.4 (#62)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Grok 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1372 | 1453 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 66.7% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok-3 mini: 52.7 (#163)
- Grok 4.6: 62.5 (#77)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Grok 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1370 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1342 | 1430 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1355 | 1422 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.5% | — |
| WildBench | 65.1% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Grok-3 mini better than Grok 4.6?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 41.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok-3 mini or Grok 4.6 better for coding?

Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.0 versus 40.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Grok-3 mini and Grok 4.6 share?

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-3 mini has 35 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.6 has 49.