Model Comparison

Comprehensive side-by-side analysis of model capabilities and performance

xAI

Grok-3 Mini

xAI

Grok-3 Mini is a multimodal language model developed by xAI. This model demonstrates exceptional performance with an average score of 87.8% across 4 benchmarks. It excels particularly in AIME 2024 (95.8%), AIME 2025 (90.8%), GPQA (84.0%). The model shows particular specialization in general tasks with an average performance of 90.2%. It supports a 136K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 1 API provider. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2025, it represents xAI's latest advancement in AI technology.

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct is a language model developed by Moonshot AI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 66.7% across 38 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MATH-500 (97.4%), GSM8k (97.3%), CBNSL (95.6%). It supports a 144K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 1 API provider. Released in 2025, it represents Moonshot AI's latest advancement in AI technology.

Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

Moonshot AI

2025-01-01

xAI

Grok-3 Mini

xAI

2025-02-17

1 month newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

xAI

Grok-3 Mini

$2.06 cheaper
Input:$0.30
Output:$0.50
Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

Input:$0.57
Output:$2.29

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

xAI

Grok-3 Mini

Max Context:136.0K
Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

Larger context
Max Context:144.0K
Parameters:1.0T

Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

xAI

Grok-3 Mini

+25.5%
Average Score:90.2%
Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

Average Score:64.7%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

xAI

Grok-3 Mini

general
+28.2%
90.2%
code
+0.9%
80.4%
Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

general
62.0%
code
79.5%
Benchmark Scores - Detailed View
Side-by-side comparison of all benchmark scores
Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison

Grok-3 Mini

2024-11-17

More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks

Provider Availability & Performance

Available providers and their performance metrics

xAI

Grok-3 Mini

1 providers

xAI

Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.7ms
Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

1 providers

Novita

Throughput: 45 tok/s
Latency: 0.95ms
xAI

Grok-3 Mini

+25.5%
Avg Score:90.2%
Providers:1
Moonshot AI

Kimi K2 Instruct

Avg Score:64.7%
Providers:1