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Grok-3 mini vs Qwen3 32B

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Winner summary

Grok-3 mini wins 3 of 4 shared benchmarks. Leads in coding · math.

Category leads
coding·Grok-3 miniknowledge·Qwen3 32Bmath·Grok-3 mini
Hype vs Reality
Grok-3 mini
#93 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Qwen3 32B
#109 by perf·#2 by attention
DESERVED
Best value
Grok-3 mini
n/a
no price
Qwen3 32B
286.1 pts/$
$0.18/M
Vendor risk
xAI logo
xAI
$250.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
Alibaba Qwen logo
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Low risk
Head to head
Grok-3 miniQwen3 32B
Aider polyglot
Grok-3 mini leads by +9.3
Aider Polyglot · measures how well AI models can edit code across multiple programming languages using the Aider coding assistant framework.
Grok-3 mini
49.3
Qwen3 32B
40.0
Fiction.LiveBench
Qwen3 32B leads by +7.5
Fiction.LiveBench · a continuously updated benchmark using recently published fiction to test reading comprehension and reasoning, preventing data contamination.
Grok-3 mini
66.7
Qwen3 32B
74.2
GPQA diamond
Grok-3 mini leads by +14.1
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
Grok-3 mini
68.3
Qwen3 32B
54.3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
Grok-3 mini leads by +10.9
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
Grok-3 mini
77.8
Qwen3 32B
66.9
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkGrok-3 miniQwen3 32B
Aider polyglot
Aider Polyglot · measures how well AI models can edit code across multiple programming languages using the Aider coding assistant framework.
49.340.0
Fiction.LiveBench
Fiction.LiveBench · a continuously updated benchmark using recently published fiction to test reading comprehension and reasoning, preventing data contamination.
66.774.2
GPQA diamond
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
68.354.3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
77.866.9
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
xAI logoGrok-3 mini————
Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 32B$0.08$0.28131K tokens (~66 books)$1.30