GLM-4.5-Air vs Grok 3 Mini

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

Grok 3 Mini is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 23 to 16. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Grok 3 Mini's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 74.1 against 33. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 34% to 66.2%. GLM-4.5-Air does hit back in reasoning, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Quick Verdict

Pick Grok 3 Mini if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-4.5-Air only becomes the better choice if reasoning is the priority.

Agentic

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Coding

Grok 3 Mini

GLM-4.5-Air

27

Grok 3 Mini

41.5

27%
HumanEval
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LiveCodeBench
41.5%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

GLM-4.5-Air

GLM-4.5-Air

31.9

Grok 3 Mini

21.7

33%
SimpleQA
21.7%
31%
MuSR
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Knowledge

Grok 3 Mini

GLM-4.5-Air

33

Grok 3 Mini

74.1

35%
MMLU
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34%
GPQA
66.2%
32%
SuperGPQA
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30%
OpenBookQA
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MMLU-Pro
78.9%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

Grok 3 Mini

GLM-4.5-Air

34

Grok 3 Mini

39.7

35%
AIME 2023
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37%
AIME 2024
39.7%
36%
AIME 2025
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31%
HMMT Feb 2023
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33%
HMMT Feb 2024
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32%
HMMT Feb 2025
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34%
BRUMO 2025
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GLM-4.5-Air or Grok 3 Mini?

Grok 3 Mini is ahead overall, 23 to 16. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 34% and 66.2%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GLM-4.5-Air or Grok 3 Mini?

Grok 3 Mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.1 versus 33. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GLM-4.5-Air or Grok 3 Mini?

Grok 3 Mini has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41.5 versus 27. GLM-4.5-Air stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for math, GLM-4.5-Air or Grok 3 Mini?

Grok 3 Mini has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 39.7 versus 34. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GLM-4.5-Air or Grok 3 Mini?

GLM-4.5-Air has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 31.9 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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