The different materials used to improve the mechanical strengths such as carbon fibers, CNTs, and other alloy’s. The present study focus on the iron based metal matrix composites with charcoal, unpurified and purified CNTs as a reinforcement with the varying percentage of each constituent from 1 to 5 weight %. The wear testing is carried out for five different pin loading varying from 1 to 5 kg. It is observed that as a percentage of the CNTs increase, the material shows more wear resistance characteristics. Experimental results confirmed that CNT based MMC is much tougher than the charcoal based MMC.