DeepSeek V2.5 and Grok 3 mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. DeepSeek V2.5 shipped 169 days before Grok 3 mini, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

DeepSeek V2.5 is open weight, while Grok 3 mini is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — DeepSeek V2.5 and Grok 3 mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.