# Grok-3 mini vs Sonar

> Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-3-mini-vs-sonar
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in math, where Grok-3 mini leads 40.3 to 31.3.

## Snapshot

| | Grok-3 mini | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Perplexity |
| Noometry Index | 41.0 | 37.8 |
| Rank | 130 | 184 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $1 |
| Output $/M | — | $1 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Grok-3 mini: 40.4 (#126)
- Sonar: 35.1 (#217)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 49.3% | — |
| WeirdML | 42.6% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 35.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1380 | — |

## Reasoning

- Grok-3 mini: 13.8 (#323)
- Sonar: 20.3 (#221)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.4% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 61.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 16.5% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 46.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1374 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 37.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 140.35 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 46.9% |

## Math

- Grok-3 mini: 40.3 (#78)
- Sonar: 31.3 (#197)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 77.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 31.8% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1386 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 90.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 5.9% | — |

## Knowledge

- Grok-3 mini: 46.3 (#75)
- Sonar: —

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

## Multilingual

- Grok-3 mini: 48.3 (#141)
- Sonar: —

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1352 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1387 | — |
| LMArena French | 1357 | — |
| LMArena German | 1350 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1343 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1336 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1352 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1379 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Grok-3 mini: 78.7 (#8)
- Sonar: 71.5 (#146)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 76.2% |
| IFEval | 95.1% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1356 | — |

## Long Context

- Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#142)
- Sonar: —

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

## Writing & Preference

- Grok-3 mini: 52.7 (#163)
- Sonar: 52.6 (#166)

| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1370 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1342 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.5% | — |
| WildBench | 65.1% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1355 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 44.1% |

## FAQ

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

Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

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

Grok-3 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 35.1 in the Noometry coding category.

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

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-3 mini has 35 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.