Grok 3 Mini vs Z-1

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.

Quick Verdict

Pick Z-1 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

Z-1

Grok 3 Mini

41.5

Z-1

44

41.5%
LiveCodeBench
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HumanEval
44%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

Z-1

Grok 3 Mini

21.7

Z-1

48.9

21.7%
SimpleQA
50%
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MuSR
48%

Knowledge

Grok 3 Mini

Grok 3 Mini

74.1

Z-1

50

66.2%
GPQA
51%
78.9%
MMLU-Pro
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MMLU
52%
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SuperGPQA
49%
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OpenBookQA
47%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

Z-1

Grok 3 Mini

39.7

Z-1

51

39.7%
AIME 2024
54%
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AIME 2023
52%
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AIME 2025
53%
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HMMT Feb 2023
48%
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HMMT Feb 2024
50%
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HMMT Feb 2025
49%
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BRUMO 2025
51%

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Grok 3 Mini or Z-1?

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%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Grok 3 Mini or Z-1?

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.

Which is better for coding, Grok 3 Mini or Z-1?

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.

Which is better for math, Grok 3 Mini or Z-1?

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.

Which is better for reasoning, Grok 3 Mini or Z-1?

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.

Last updated: March 17, 2026

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