Model comparison

Grok-3 mini vs Pixtral Large

Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Grok-3 mini xAI

41.2

Rank #141 Confirmed

Pixtral Large Mistral AI

32.2

Rank #259 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok-3 mini leads 52.5 to 32.9.
  • Pixtral Large has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok-3 mini and Pixtral Large specifications
Grok-3 miniPixtral Large
ProviderxAIMistral AI
Noometry Index41.232.2
Released2025-04-092024-11-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—128K
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked353

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131), Pixtral Large: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniPixtral Large
Aider Polyglot49.3%—
WeirdML42.6%—
LMArena Coding1379—

Reasoning Pixtral Large leads

Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334), Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniPixtral Large
ARC-AGI-20.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark61.3%—
ARC-AGI-116.5%—
EnigmaEval—0.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts1375—
Epoch Capabilities Index140.35—

Math Not comparable

Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85), Pixtral Large: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniPixtral Large
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202577.8%—
Omni-MATH31.8%—
LMArena Math1386—
MATH Level 590.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)5.9%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Grok-3 mini: 46.4 (#81), Pixtral Large: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniPixtral Large
GPQA Diamond76.3%—
MMLU-Pro79.9%—
Confabulations10.8%—
GPQA (HELM)67.5%—
LMArena Expert1395—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok-3 mini: —, Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniPixtral Large
LMArena Vision—1089

Multilingual Not comparable

Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145), Pixtral Large: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniPixtral Large
LMArena Non-English1352—
LMArena Chinese1387—
LMArena French1357—
LMArena German1349—
LMArena Japanese1342—
LMArena Korean1335—
LMArena Russian1353—
LMArena Spanish1381—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9), Pixtral Large: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniPixtral Large
IFEval95.1%—
LMArena Instruction Following1357—

Long Context Not comparable

Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147), Pixtral Large: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniPixtral Large
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%—
LMArena Longer Query1372—

Writing & Preference Grok-3 mini leads

Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169), Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniPixtral Large
LMArena Text1370—
LMArena Creative Writing1342—
Short-Story Creative Writing73.5%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—988
WildBench65.1%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1355—

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok-3 mini better than Pixtral Large?

Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Grok-3 mini and Pixtral Large share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-3 mini has 35 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.

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