Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.
Z-1 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.
Z-1's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 48.9 against 21.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SimpleQA, 21.7% to 50%. Grok 3 Mini does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.
Pick Z-1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 3 Mini only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
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Grok 3 Mini
41.5
Z-1
44
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Grok 3 Mini
21.7
Z-1
48.9
Grok 3 Mini
74.1
Z-1
50
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Grok 3 Mini
39.7
Z-1
51
Z-1 is ahead overall, 26 to 23. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SimpleQA, where the scores are 21.7% and 50%.
Grok 3 Mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.1 versus 50. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Z-1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 44 versus 41.5. Grok 3 Mini stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
Z-1 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 51 versus 39.7. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Z-1 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 48.9 versus 21.7. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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