# GPT-4.5 vs Grok 3 Mini

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-4.5 and Grok 3 Mini across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-4-5-vs-grok-3-mini
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: GPT-4.5 and Grok 3 Mini share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Grok 3 Mini has the lower published output-token price.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-4.5 | Grok 3 Mini |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | xAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 44.01 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 3 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $75.00 / $150.00 | $0.30 / $0.50 |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 3 Mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Grok 3 Mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HumanEval | 88.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench | Coming soon | 74.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 3 Mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Grok 3 Mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DROP | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 3 Mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Grok 3 Mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 90.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 69.5% | 80.3% | Grok 3 Mini |
| SimpleQA | 62.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 3 Mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Grok 3 Mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MGSM | 86.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Grok 3 Mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Grok 3 Mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | Coming soon | 89.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between GPT-4.5 and Grok 3 Mini?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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## Explore More

- [GPT-4.5 profile](/models/gpt-4-5)
- [Grok 3 Mini profile](/models/grok-3-mini)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
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- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)