GLM-4.5 vs Grok 3 Mini

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

Grok 3 Mini has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 23 versus 21. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

Grok 3 Mini's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 74.1 against 35. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 36% to 66.2%. GLM-4.5 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 only becomes the better choice if reasoning is the priority.

Agentic

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Coding

GLM-4.5

GLM-4.5

46.6

Grok 3 Mini

41.5

29%
HumanEval
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64.2%
SWE-bench Verified
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LiveCodeBench
41.5%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

GLM-4.5

GLM-4.5

33.9

Grok 3 Mini

21.7

35%
SimpleQA
21.7%
33%
MuSR
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Knowledge

Grok 3 Mini

GLM-4.5

35

Grok 3 Mini

74.1

37%
MMLU
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36%
GPQA
66.2%
34%
SuperGPQA
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32%
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

36

Grok 3 Mini

39.7

37%
AIME 2023
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39%
AIME 2024
39.7%
38%
AIME 2025
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33%
HMMT Feb 2023
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35%
HMMT Feb 2024
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34%
HMMT Feb 2025
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36%
BRUMO 2025
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Frequently Asked Questions

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

Grok 3 Mini is ahead overall, 23 to 21. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 36% and 66.2%.

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

Grok 3 Mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.1 versus 35. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

GLM-4.5 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 46.6 versus 41.5. Grok 3 Mini stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

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

Grok 3 Mini has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 39.7 versus 36. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

GLM-4.5 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 33.9 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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