# Grok-3 mini vs Kimi K3

> Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-3-mini-vs-kimi-k3
- 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 Kimi K3 in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Kimi K3 leads 63.0 to 13.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-1: 16.5% for Grok-3 mini and 94.5% for Kimi K3.
- Kimi K3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Grok-3 mini | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Moonshot AI |
| Noometry Index | 41.2 | 59.5 |
| Rank | 141 | 15 |
| Context | — | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | — | $3 |
| Output $/M | — | $15 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131)
- Kimi K3: 61.0 (#10)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 42.6% | 82.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1379 | 1508 |
| DeepSWE | — | 68.5% |
| FrontierCode | — | 44.2% |
| Aider Polyglot | 49.3% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1654 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 25.9% |
| SciCode | — | 59.5% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,524 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok-3 mini: —
- Kimi K3: 41.8 (#20)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 50.6% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 37.1% |
| PostTrainBench | — | 32% |
| GBAEval | — | 48.3% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 19% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 5,165 |

## Reasoning

- Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334)
- Kimi K3: 63.0 (#17)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.4% | 60.4% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 16.5% | 94.5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1375 | 1496 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 140.35 | 157.45 |
| SimpleBench | — | 60.7% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 61.3% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 93.6% |
| CritPt | — | 23.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 39% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 26% |
| DTBench | — | 91.2% |
| LMCA | — | 52.7% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 95% |
| ForecastBench | — | 61.1 |

## Math

- Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85)
- Kimi K3: 74.2 (#16)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 77.8% | 97.2% |
| LMArena Math | 1386 | 1491 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 72.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 39% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 87.8% |
| ProofBench | — | 87% |
| Omni-MATH | 31.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 90.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 5.9% | — |

## Knowledge

- Grok-3 mini: 46.4 (#81)
- Kimi K3: 63.2 (#21)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 76.3% | 93.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1395 | 1521 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 50.6% |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.9% | — |
| Confabulations | 10.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 67.5% | — |

## Multimodal

- Grok-3 mini: —
- Kimi K3: 37.8 (#70)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 29.5% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 34.2% |

## Multilingual

- Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145)
- Kimi K3: 56.3 (#21)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1352 | 1466 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1387 | 1529 |
| LMArena French | 1357 | 1491 |
| LMArena German | 1349 | 1488 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1342 | 1487 |
| LMArena Korean | 1335 | 1458 |
| LMArena Russian | 1353 | 1482 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1381 | 1472 |

## Instruction Following

- Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9)
- Kimi K3: 77.7 (#14)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1357 | 1483 |
| IFEval | 95.1% | — |

## Long Context

- Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147)
- Kimi K3: 45.8 (#29)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1372 | 1494 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 66.7% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169)
- Kimi K3: 76.6 (#4)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Kimi K3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1370 | 1476 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1342 | 1454 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1355 | 1488 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.5% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 2082 |
| WildBench | 65.1% | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1339 |

## FAQ

### Is Grok-3 mini better than Kimi K3?

Kimi K3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok-3 mini or Kimi K3 better for coding?

Kimi K3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 61.0 versus 40.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Grok-3 mini and Kimi K3 share?

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-3 mini has 35 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K3 has 53.