Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.
Grok 3 Mini has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 23 versus 20. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.
Grok 3 Mini's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 74.1 against 39. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 66.2% to 40%. Nova Pro 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. Nova Pro only becomes the better choice if reasoning is the priority.
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Grok 3 Mini
41.5
Nova Pro
33
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Grok 3 Mini
21.7
Nova Pro
37.9
Grok 3 Mini
74.1
Nova Pro
39
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Grok 3 Mini
39.7
Nova Pro
40
Grok 3 Mini is ahead overall, 23 to 20. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 66.2% and 40%.
Grok 3 Mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.1 versus 39. 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 33. Nova Pro stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
Nova Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 40 versus 39.7. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Nova Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 37.9 versus 21.7. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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