Grok 3 [Beta] vs Grok 3 Mini

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

Grok 3 [Beta] is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 28 to 23. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Grok 3 [Beta]'s sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 40.5 against 21.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SimpleQA, 43.6% 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 Grok 3 [Beta] 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

Grok 3 [Beta]

Grok 3 [Beta]

57

Grok 3 Mini

41.5

34%
HumanEval
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57%
LiveCodeBench
41.5%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

Grok 3 [Beta]

Grok 3 [Beta]

40.5

Grok 3 Mini

21.7

43.6%
SimpleQA
21.7%
38%
MuSR
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Knowledge

Grok 3 Mini

Grok 3 [Beta]

67.5

Grok 3 Mini

74.1

42%
MMLU
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75.4%
GPQA
66.2%
39%
SuperGPQA
Coming soon
37%
OpenBookQA
Coming soon
79.9%
MMLU-Pro
78.9%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

Grok 3 [Beta]

Grok 3 [Beta]

41

Grok 3 Mini

39.7

42%
AIME 2023
Coming soon
44%
AIME 2024
39.7%
93.3%
AIME 2025
Coming soon
38%
HMMT Feb 2023
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40%
HMMT Feb 2024
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39%
HMMT Feb 2025
Coming soon
41%
BRUMO 2025
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Grok 3 [Beta] or Grok 3 Mini?

Grok 3 [Beta] is ahead overall, 28 to 23. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SimpleQA, where the scores are 43.6% and 21.7%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Grok 3 [Beta] or Grok 3 Mini?

Grok 3 Mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.1 versus 67.5. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Grok 3 [Beta] or Grok 3 Mini?

Grok 3 [Beta] has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 57 versus 41.5. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Grok 3 [Beta] or Grok 3 Mini?

Grok 3 [Beta] has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 41 versus 39.7. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Grok 3 [Beta] or Grok 3 Mini?

Grok 3 [Beta] has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 40.5 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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