GPT-5 (medium) vs Grok 4.1

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

Quick Verdict

Grok 4.1 wins overall with a score of 84 vs 70 (14 point difference).Grok 4.1 wins 4 out of 4 categories.

Knowledge

Grok 4.1

GPT-5 (medium)

88

Grok 4.1

96

91
MMLU
99
89
GPQA
97
87
SuperGPQA
95
85
OpenBookQA
93

Coding

Grok 4.1

GPT-5 (medium)

83

Grok 4.1

91

83
HumanEval
91

Mathematics

Grok 4.1

GPT-5 (medium)

92

Grok 4.1

97.1

93
AIME 2023
99
95
AIME 2024
99
94
AIME 2025
98
89
HMMT Feb 2023
95
91
HMMT Feb 2024
97
90
HMMT Feb 2025
96
92
BRUMO 2025
96

Reasoning

Grok 4.1

GPT-5 (medium)

86

Grok 4.1

94

87
SimpleQA
95
85
MuSR
93

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5 (medium) or Grok 4.1?

Grok 4.1 scores higher overall with 84 vs 70, a difference of 14 points across all benchmarks.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5 (medium) or Grok 4.1?

Grok 4.1 leads in knowledge tasks with an average score of 96 vs 88.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5 (medium) or Grok 4.1?

Grok 4.1 leads in coding with an average score of 91 vs 83.

Which is better for math, GPT-5 (medium) or Grok 4.1?

Grok 4.1 leads in math with an average score of 97.1 vs 92.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5 (medium) or Grok 4.1?

Grok 4.1 leads in reasoning with an average score of 94 vs 86.