Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.
Grok 3 Mini is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 23 to 15. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Grok 3 Mini's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 74.1 against 30. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 66.2% to 31%. Kimi K2 does hit back in reasoning, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.
Pick Grok 3 Mini if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Kimi K2 only becomes the better choice if reasoning is the priority.
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Grok 3 Mini
41.5
Kimi K2
24
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Grok 3 Mini
21.7
Kimi K2
28.9
Grok 3 Mini
74.1
Kimi K2
30
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Grok 3 Mini
39.7
Kimi K2
31
Grok 3 Mini is ahead overall, 23 to 15. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 66.2% and 31%.
Grok 3 Mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.1 versus 30. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Grok 3 Mini has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41.5 versus 24. Kimi K2 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
Grok 3 Mini has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 39.7 versus 31. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Kimi K2 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 28.9 versus 21.7. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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