# Grok-3 mini vs Llama 3.2 3B

> Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 28.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-3-mini-vs-llama-3-2-3b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 13

## Summary

- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-3 mini scores higher in 7 categories and Llama 3.2 3B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok-3 mini leads 52.7 to 24.9.
- Llama 3.2 3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Grok-3 mini | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 41.0 | 28.4 |
| Rank | 130 | 318 |
| Context | — | 131K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.05 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.33 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Grok-3 mini: 40.4 (#126)
- Llama 3.2 3B: 27.1 (#314)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1380 | 1098 |
| Aider Polyglot | 49.3% | — |
| WeirdML | 42.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 23.4% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 28.3% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok-3 mini: —
- Llama 3.2 3B: 19.9 (#135)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 21.9% |
| BALROG | — | 10.1% |

## Reasoning

- Grok-3 mini: 13.8 (#323)
- Llama 3.2 3B: 20.1 (#225)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1374 | 1095 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.4% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 61.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 16.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 140.35 | — |

## Math

- Grok-3 mini: 40.3 (#78)
- Llama 3.2 3B: 29.9 (#213)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1386 | 1126 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 77.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 31.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 90.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 5.9% | — |

## Knowledge

- Grok-3 mini: 46.3 (#75)
- Llama 3.2 3B: 29.1 (#232)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1395 | 1090 |
| GPQA Diamond | 76.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.9% | — |
| Confabulations | 10.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 67.5% | — |

## Multilingual

- Grok-3 mini: 48.3 (#141)
- Llama 3.2 3B: 26.4 (#276)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1352 | 1019 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1387 | 1017 |
| LMArena German | 1350 | 1056 |
| LMArena Russian | 1352 | 949 |
| LMArena French | 1357 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1343 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1336 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1379 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Grok-3 mini: 78.7 (#8)
- Llama 3.2 3B: 56.3 (#270)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1356 | 1089 |
| IFEval | 95.1% | — |

## Long Context

- Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#142)
- Llama 3.2 3B: 33.4 (#256)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1372 | 1101 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 66.7% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok-3 mini: 52.7 (#163)
- Llama 3.2 3B: 24.9 (#302)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Llama 3.2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1370 | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1342 | 1094 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1355 | 1105 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.5% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 595 |
| WildBench | 65.1% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Grok-3 mini better than Llama 3.2 3B?

Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 28.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok-3 mini or Llama 3.2 3B better for coding?

Grok-3 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 27.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Grok-3 mini and Llama 3.2 3B share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-3 mini has 35 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 3B has 18.