Grok 3 Mini vs MiniMax M1 80k

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.

Quick Verdict

Pick Grok 3 Mini if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniMax M1 80k only becomes the better choice if reasoning is the priority.

Agentic

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Coding

Grok 3 Mini

Grok 3 Mini

41.5

MiniMax M1 80k

28

41.5%
LiveCodeBench
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HumanEval
28%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

MiniMax M1 80k

Grok 3 Mini

21.7

MiniMax M1 80k

32.9

21.7%
SimpleQA
34%
Coming soon
MuSR
32%

Knowledge

Grok 3 Mini

Grok 3 Mini

74.1

MiniMax M1 80k

34

66.2%
GPQA
35%
78.9%
MMLU-Pro
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MMLU
36%
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SuperGPQA
33%
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OpenBookQA
31%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

Grok 3 Mini

Grok 3 Mini

39.7

MiniMax M1 80k

35

39.7%
AIME 2024
38%
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AIME 2023
36%
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AIME 2025
37%
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HMMT Feb 2023
32%
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HMMT Feb 2024
34%
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HMMT Feb 2025
33%
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BRUMO 2025
35%

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Grok 3 Mini or MiniMax M1 80k?

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%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Grok 3 Mini or MiniMax M1 80k?

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.

Which is better for coding, Grok 3 Mini or MiniMax M1 80k?

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.

Which is better for math, Grok 3 Mini or MiniMax M1 80k?

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.

Which is better for reasoning, Grok 3 Mini or MiniMax M1 80k?

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.

Last updated: March 17, 2026

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