Grok 3 Mini vs Moonshot v1

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

Moonshot v1 has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 26 versus 23. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

Moonshot v1's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 49.9 against 21.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SimpleQA, 21.7% to 51%. 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 Moonshot v1 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

Moonshot v1

Grok 3 Mini

41.5

Moonshot v1

45

41.5%
LiveCodeBench
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HumanEval
45%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

Moonshot v1

Grok 3 Mini

21.7

Moonshot v1

49.9

21.7%
SimpleQA
51%
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MuSR
49%

Knowledge

Grok 3 Mini

Grok 3 Mini

74.1

Moonshot v1

51

66.2%
GPQA
52%
78.9%
MMLU-Pro
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MMLU
53%
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SuperGPQA
50%
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OpenBookQA
48%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

Moonshot v1

Grok 3 Mini

39.7

Moonshot v1

52

39.7%
AIME 2024
55%
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AIME 2023
53%
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AIME 2025
54%
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HMMT Feb 2023
49%
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HMMT Feb 2024
51%
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HMMT Feb 2025
50%
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BRUMO 2025
52%

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Grok 3 Mini or Moonshot v1?

Moonshot v1 is ahead overall, 26 to 23. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SimpleQA, where the scores are 21.7% and 51%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Grok 3 Mini or Moonshot v1?

Grok 3 Mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.1 versus 51. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Grok 3 Mini or Moonshot v1?

Moonshot v1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 45 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 Moonshot v1?

Moonshot v1 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 52 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 Moonshot v1?

Moonshot v1 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 49.9 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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