DeepSeek V3 vs Grok 3 Mini

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

DeepSeek V3 has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 25 versus 23. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

DeepSeek V3's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 90.2 against 39.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 59.1% to 66.2%. Grok 3 Mini does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

DeepSeek V3 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.27 input / $1.10 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.30 input / $0.50 output per 1M tokens for Grok 3 Mini. That is roughly 2.2x on output cost alone.

Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek V3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 3 Mini only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

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Coding

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

42

Grok 3 Mini

41.5

42%
SWE-bench Verified
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LiveCodeBench
41.5%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

24.9

Grok 3 Mini

21.7

24.9%
SimpleQA
21.7%

Knowledge

Grok 3 Mini

DeepSeek V3

69.6

Grok 3 Mini

74.1

59.1%
GPQA
66.2%
88.5%
MMLU
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75.9%
MMLU-Pro
78.9%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

90.2

Grok 3 Mini

39.7

39.2%
AIME 2024
39.7%
90.2%
MATH-500
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeek V3 or Grok 3 Mini?

DeepSeek V3 is ahead overall, 25 to 23. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 59.1% and 66.2%.

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

Grok 3 Mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.1 versus 69.6. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 42 versus 41.5. Grok 3 Mini stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

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

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 90.2 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 or Grok 3 Mini?

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 24.9 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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