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 17. 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 34. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 66.2% to 35%. MiniMax M1 80k does hit back in reasoning, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.
Grok 3 Mini gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 80K for MiniMax M1 80k.
Pick Grok 3 Mini if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniMax M1 80k only becomes the better choice if reasoning is the priority.
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Grok 3 Mini
41.5
MiniMax M1 80k
28
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Grok 3 Mini
21.7
MiniMax M1 80k
32.9
Grok 3 Mini
74.1
MiniMax M1 80k
34
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Grok 3 Mini
39.7
MiniMax M1 80k
35
Grok 3 Mini is ahead overall, 23 to 17. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 66.2% and 35%.
Grok 3 Mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.1 versus 34. 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 28. MiniMax M1 80k 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 35. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
MiniMax M1 80k has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 32.9 versus 21.7. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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