GPT-4 Turbo vs Grok 3 Mini

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

GPT-4 Turbo is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 30 to 23. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-4 Turbo's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 56.9 against 21.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SimpleQA, 58% to 21.7%. Grok 3 Mini does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-4 Turbo if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 3 Mini only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.

Agentic

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Coding

GPT-4 Turbo

GPT-4 Turbo

52

Grok 3 Mini

41.5

52%
HumanEval
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LiveCodeBench
41.5%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

GPT-4 Turbo

GPT-4 Turbo

56.9

Grok 3 Mini

21.7

58%
SimpleQA
21.7%
56%
MuSR
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Knowledge

Grok 3 Mini

GPT-4 Turbo

59

Grok 3 Mini

74.1

60%
MMLU
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60%
GPQA
66.2%
58%
SuperGPQA
Coming soon
56%
OpenBookQA
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MMLU-Pro
78.9%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

GPT-4 Turbo

GPT-4 Turbo

59

Grok 3 Mini

39.7

60%
AIME 2023
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62%
AIME 2024
39.7%
61%
AIME 2025
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56%
HMMT Feb 2023
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58%
HMMT Feb 2024
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57%
HMMT Feb 2025
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59%
BRUMO 2025
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-4 Turbo or Grok 3 Mini?

GPT-4 Turbo is ahead overall, 30 to 23. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SimpleQA, where the scores are 58% and 21.7%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-4 Turbo or Grok 3 Mini?

Grok 3 Mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.1 versus 59. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-4 Turbo or Grok 3 Mini?

GPT-4 Turbo has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 52 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 Turbo or Grok 3 Mini?

GPT-4 Turbo has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 59 versus 39.7. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-4 Turbo or Grok 3 Mini?

GPT-4 Turbo has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 56.9 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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