DeepSeek V3.2 vs Grok 3 Mini

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

DeepSeek V3.2 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 38 to 23. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

DeepSeek V3.2's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 79.9 against 21.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SimpleQA, 81% to 21.7%. Grok 3 Mini does hit back in coding, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek V3.2 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 3 Mini only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.

Agentic

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39.6%
Terminal-Bench 2.0
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Coding

Grok 3 Mini

DeepSeek V3.2

15.6

Grok 3 Mini

41.5

76%
HumanEval
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15.6%
SWE-bench Pro
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LiveCodeBench
41.5%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek V3.2

79.9

Grok 3 Mini

21.7

81%
SimpleQA
21.7%
79%
MuSR
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Knowledge

Grok 3 Mini

DeepSeek V3.2

70

Grok 3 Mini

74.1

84%
MMLU
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82.4%
GPQA
66.2%
81%
SuperGPQA
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79%
OpenBookQA
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85%
MMLU-Pro
78.9%
40.8%
HLE
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Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek V3.2

83

Grok 3 Mini

39.7

84%
AIME 2023
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86%
AIME 2024
39.7%
85%
AIME 2025
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80%
HMMT Feb 2023
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82%
HMMT Feb 2024
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81%
HMMT Feb 2025
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83%
BRUMO 2025
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeek V3.2 or Grok 3 Mini?

DeepSeek V3.2 is ahead overall, 38 to 23. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SimpleQA, where the scores are 81% and 21.7%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek V3.2 or Grok 3 Mini?

Grok 3 Mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.1 versus 70. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek V3.2 or Grok 3 Mini?

Grok 3 Mini has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41.5 versus 15.6. DeepSeek V3.2 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for math, DeepSeek V3.2 or Grok 3 Mini?

DeepSeek V3.2 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 83 versus 39.7. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, DeepSeek V3.2 or Grok 3 Mini?

DeepSeek V3.2 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 79.9 versus 21.7. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 17, 2026

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