# Grok 3 Mini vs Spark-X2.6-4B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Grok 3 Mini and Spark-X2.6-4B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/grok-3-mini-vs-spark-x2-6-4b
- Last updated: October 20, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Grok 3 Mini and Spark-X2.6-4B 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.
- Spark-X2.6-4B has the lower published output-token price.
- Spark-X2.6-4B has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Grok 3 Mini | Spark-X2.6-4B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | xAI | SparkLLM |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 44.15 | 40.14 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 3 | 20 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $0.50 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 3 Mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: 33 (Estimated · #89/131)

| Benchmark | Grok 3 Mini | Spark-X2.6-4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 71.8% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 86.9% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 62.4% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 53.1% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 36.9% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 34.7% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 69.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 3 Mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: 30.6 (Estimated · #95/152)

| Benchmark | Grok 3 Mini | Spark-X2.6-4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 74.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 54.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 62.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 64.7% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 36.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 3 Mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: 48.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Grok 3 Mini | Spark-X2.6-4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 53.3% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 3 Mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: 43 (Estimated · #109/187)

| Benchmark | Grok 3 Mini | Spark-X2.6-4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 80.3% | 69.9% | Grok 3 Mini |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 77.1% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 17.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 3 Mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: 78.2 (#62/149)

| Benchmark | Grok 3 Mini | Spark-X2.6-4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 93.6% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 3 Mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Spark-X2.6-4B public-lane score: 76.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Grok 3 Mini | Spark-X2.6-4B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 89.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 91.2% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 81.3% | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 75.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Grok 3 Mini and Spark-X2.6-4B?

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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- [Grok 3 Mini profile](/models/grok-3-mini)
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