GPT-4.1 vs Grok 3 Mini

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

GPT-4.1 has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 26 versus 23. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

GPT-4.1's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 54.6 against 41.5. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is AIME 2024, 48.1% to 39.7%. Grok 3 Mini does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

GPT-4.1 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.00 input / $8.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.30 input / $0.50 output per 1M tokens for Grok 3 Mini. That is roughly 16.0x on output cost alone. GPT-4.1 gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for Grok 3 Mini.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-4.1 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

GPT-4.1

GPT-4.1

54.6

Grok 3 Mini

41.5

54.6%
SWE-bench Verified
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LiveCodeBench
41.5%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

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SimpleQA
21.7%

Knowledge

Grok 3 Mini

GPT-4.1

66.3

Grok 3 Mini

74.1

90.2%
MMLU
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66.3%
GPQA
66.2%
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MMLU-Pro
78.9%

Instruction Following

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87.4%
IFEval
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Multilingual

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Mathematics

GPT-4.1

GPT-4.1

48.1

Grok 3 Mini

39.7

48.1%
AIME 2024
39.7%

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-4.1 or Grok 3 Mini?

GPT-4.1 is ahead overall, 26 to 23. The biggest single separator in this matchup is AIME 2024, where the scores are 48.1% and 39.7%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-4.1 or Grok 3 Mini?

Grok 3 Mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.1 versus 66.3. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-4.1 or Grok 3 Mini?

GPT-4.1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 54.6 versus 41.5. Grok 3 Mini stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for math, GPT-4.1 or Grok 3 Mini?

GPT-4.1 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 48.1 versus 39.7. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 17, 2026

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