Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Pro vs Grok-3 mini

Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Pro Google

38.6

Rank #171 Confirmed

Grok-3 mini xAI

41.0

Rank #130 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher in 1 category and Grok-3 mini in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in long context, where Grok-3 mini leads 41.0 to 29.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Fiction.LiveBench: 41.7% for Gemini 2.0 Pro and 66.7% for Grok-3 mini.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Pro and Grok-3 mini specifications
Gemini 2.0 ProGrok-3 mini
ProviderGooglexAI
Noometry Index38.641.0
Released2025-02-052025-04-09
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1435

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Category by category

Coding Grok-3 mini leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.4 (#182), Grok-3 mini: 40.4 (#126)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGrok-3 mini
Aider Polyglot35.6%49.3%
WeirdML—42.6%
LiveBench Coding63.5%—
LMArena Coding—1380

Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 21.6 (#194), Grok-3 mini: 13.8 (#323)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGrok-3 mini
Epoch Capabilities Index135.06140.35
ARC-AGI-2—0.4%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—61.3%
ARC-AGI-1—16.5%
EnigmaEval0.7%—
LiveBench Reasoning60.1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1374
LiveBench Data Analysis68%—
LiveBench65.1%—

Math Grok-3 mini leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.1 (#101), Grok-3 mini: 40.3 (#78)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGrok-3 mini
MATH Level 583.5%90.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—77.8%
Omni-MATH—31.8%
LiveBench Math71%—
LMArena Math—1386
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—5.9%

Knowledge Grok-3 mini leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#156), Grok-3 mini: 46.3 (#75)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGrok-3 mini
GPQA Diamond65.7%76.3%
Confabulations18.4%10.8%
MMLU-Pro—79.9%
GPQA (HELM)—67.5%
LMArena Expert—1395

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Grok-3 mini: 48.3 (#141)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGrok-3 mini
LMArena Non-English—1352
LMArena Chinese—1387
LMArena French—1357
LMArena German—1350
LMArena Japanese—1343
LMArena Korean—1336
LMArena Russian—1352
LMArena Spanish—1379

Instruction Following Grok-3 mini leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.6 (#57), Grok-3 mini: 78.7 (#8)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGrok-3 mini
LiveBench Instruction Following83.4%—
IFEval—95.1%
LMArena Instruction Following—1356

Long Context Grok-3 mini leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.1 (#287), Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#142)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGrok-3 mini
Fiction.LiveBench41.7%66.7%
LMArena Longer Query—1372

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#164), Grok-3 mini: 52.7 (#163)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGrok-3 mini
LMArena Text—1370
LMArena Creative Writing—1342
Short-Story Creative Writing—73.5%
WildBench—65.1%
LMArena Multi-Turn—1355
LiveBench Language44.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro better than Grok-3 mini?

Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro or Grok-3 mini better for coding?

Grok-3 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 37.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Pro and Grok-3 mini share?

6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Grok-3 mini has 35.

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