DeepSeek V3 vs Grok 3 [Beta]

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

Grok 3 [Beta] has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 28 versus 25. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

Grok 3 [Beta]'s sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 40.5 against 24.9. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 88.5% to 42%. DeepSeek V3 does hit back in mathematics, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Quick Verdict

Pick Grok 3 [Beta] if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V3 only becomes the better choice if mathematics is the priority.

Agentic

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Coding

Grok 3 [Beta]

DeepSeek V3

42

Grok 3 [Beta]

57

42%
SWE-bench Verified
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HumanEval
34%
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LiveCodeBench
57%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

Grok 3 [Beta]

DeepSeek V3

24.9

Grok 3 [Beta]

40.5

24.9%
SimpleQA
43.6%
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MuSR
38%

Knowledge

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

69.6

Grok 3 [Beta]

67.5

59.1%
GPQA
75.4%
88.5%
MMLU
42%
75.9%
MMLU-Pro
79.9%
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SuperGPQA
39%
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OpenBookQA
37%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

90.2

Grok 3 [Beta]

41

39.2%
AIME 2024
44%
90.2%
MATH-500
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AIME 2023
42%
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AIME 2025
93.3%
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HMMT Feb 2023
38%
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HMMT Feb 2024
40%
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HMMT Feb 2025
39%
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BRUMO 2025
41%

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeek V3 or Grok 3 [Beta]?

Grok 3 [Beta] is ahead overall, 28 to 25. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 88.5% and 42%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek V3 or Grok 3 [Beta]?

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 69.6 versus 67.5. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek V3 or Grok 3 [Beta]?

Grok 3 [Beta] has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 57 versus 42. DeepSeek V3 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for math, DeepSeek V3 or Grok 3 [Beta]?

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 90.2 versus 41. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, DeepSeek V3 or Grok 3 [Beta]?

Grok 3 [Beta] has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 40.5 versus 24.9. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 17, 2026

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