Grok 3 Mini vs Grok 4

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

Grok 4 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 44 to 23. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Grok 4's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 81.9 against 21.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SimpleQA, 21.7% to 83%.

Quick Verdict

Pick Grok 4 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 3 Mini only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

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Coding

Grok 4

Grok 3 Mini

41.5

Grok 4

79

41.5%
LiveCodeBench
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HumanEval
79%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

Grok 4

Grok 3 Mini

21.7

Grok 4

81.9

21.7%
SimpleQA
83%
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MuSR
81%

Knowledge

Grok 4

Grok 3 Mini

74.1

Grok 4

85

66.2%
GPQA
86%
78.9%
MMLU-Pro
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MMLU
87%
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SuperGPQA
84%
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OpenBookQA
82%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

Grok 4

Grok 3 Mini

39.7

Grok 4

87

39.7%
AIME 2024
89%
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AIME 2023
87%
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AIME 2025
88%
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HMMT Feb 2023
84%
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HMMT Feb 2024
86%
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HMMT Feb 2025
85%
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BRUMO 2025
87%

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Grok 3 Mini or Grok 4?

Grok 4 is ahead overall, 44 to 23. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SimpleQA, where the scores are 21.7% and 83%.

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

Grok 4 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 85 versus 74.1. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

Grok 4 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 79 versus 41.5. Grok 3 Mini stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for math, Grok 3 Mini or Grok 4?

Grok 4 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 87 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 Mini or Grok 4?

Grok 4 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 81.9 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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