# Grok-3 mini vs OLMo 2 Furious 13B

> Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-3-mini-vs-olmo-2-furious-13b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 5

## Summary

- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-3 mini scores higher in 5 categories and OLMo 2 Furious 13B in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok-3 mini leads 46.4 to 18.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro: 79.9% for Grok-3 mini and 31% for OLMo 2 Furious 13B.
- OLMo 2 Furious 13B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Grok-3 mini | OLMo 2 Furious 13B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 41.2 | 29.7 |
| Rank | 141 | 304 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131)
- OLMo 2 Furious 13B: 28.6 (#313)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | OLMo 2 Furious 13B |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 49.3% | — |
| WeirdML | 42.6% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 10.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1379 | — |

## Reasoning

- Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334)
- OLMo 2 Furious 13B: 15.5 (#314)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | OLMo 2 Furious 13B |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.4% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 61.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 16.5% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 16.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1375 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 20.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 140.35 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 22.1% |

## Math

- Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85)
- OLMo 2 Furious 13B: 23.1 (#273)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | OLMo 2 Furious 13B |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 31.8% | 15.6% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 77.8% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 13.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1386 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 90.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 5.9% | — |

## Knowledge

- Grok-3 mini: 46.4 (#81)
- OLMo 2 Furious 13B: 18.3 (#283)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | OLMo 2 Furious 13B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 79.9% | 31% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 67.5% | 31.6% |
| GPQA Diamond | 76.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 10.8% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1395 | — |

## Multilingual

- Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145)
- OLMo 2 Furious 13B: —

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | OLMo 2 Furious 13B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1352 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1387 | — |
| LMArena French | 1357 | — |
| LMArena German | 1349 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1342 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1335 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1353 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1381 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9)
- OLMo 2 Furious 13B: 60.9 (#248)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | OLMo 2 Furious 13B |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 95.1% | 73% |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 60.6% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1357 | — |

## Long Context

- Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147)
- OLMo 2 Furious 13B: —

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | OLMo 2 Furious 13B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 66.7% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1372 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169)
- OLMo 2 Furious 13B: 42.9 (#230)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | OLMo 2 Furious 13B |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | 65.1% | 68.9% |
| LMArena Text | 1370 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1342 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.5% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1355 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 11.2% |

## FAQ

### Is Grok-3 mini better than OLMo 2 Furious 13B?

Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok-3 mini or OLMo 2 Furious 13B better for coding?

Grok-3 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 28.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Grok-3 mini and OLMo 2 Furious 13B share?

5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-3 mini has 35 scored results on Noometry and OLMo 2 Furious 13B has 12.