# Grok 4.1 vs o1-mini

> Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-1-vs-o1-mini
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.1 scores higher in 8 categories and o1-mini in 1 category; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.1 leads 28.3 to 8.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Cybench: 39% for Grok 4.1 and 10% for o1-mini.

## Snapshot

| | Grok 4.1 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 40.8 | 33.7 |
| Rank | 135 | 230 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Grok 4.1: 33.4 (#246)
- o1-mini: 35.1 (#218)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1445 | 1362 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 32.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1214 | — |
| WeirdML | — | 36.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 48% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 89% |
| MBPP+ | — | 78.8% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok 4.1: 33.8 (#47)
- o1-mini: 24.3 (#112)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 39% | 10% |

## Reasoning

- Grok 4.1: 28.3 (#91)
- o1-mini: 8.9 (#340)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1436 | 1333 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0.8% |
| SimpleBench | — | 18.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 14% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 72.3% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 57.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 135.82 |
| LiveBench | — | 57.8% |

## Math

- Grok 4.1: 36.2 (#124)
- o1-mini: 33.7 (#168)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1422 | 1358 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 46.9% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 62% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 89.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |

## Knowledge

- Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#129)
- o1-mini: 34.8 (#180)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1417 | 1316 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 62.4% |
| Confabulations | — | 18.6% |

## Multilingual

- Grok 4.1: 53.6 (#64)
- o1-mini: 43.8 (#177)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1425 | 1289 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1464 | 1314 |
| LMArena French | 1448 | 1292 |
| LMArena German | 1447 | 1278 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1396 | 1245 |
| LMArena Korean | 1407 | 1223 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | 1283 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1438 | 1302 |

## Instruction Following

- Grok 4.1: 74.0 (#106)
- o1-mini: 67.0 (#200)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1400 | 1304 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 65.4% |

## Long Context

- Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#96)
- o1-mini: 40.1 (#156)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1416 | 1321 |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok 4.1: 62.6 (#71)
- o1-mini: 48.6 (#196)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.1 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | 1317 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1411 | 1244 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1438 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 64.9% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 40.9% |

## FAQ

### Is Grok 4.1 better than o1-mini?

Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok 4.1 or o1-mini better for coding?

o1-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.1 versus 33.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Grok 4.1 and o1-mini share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.