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.

Meta

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Meta

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is a language model developed by Meta. The model shows competitive results across 15 benchmarks. It excels particularly in NIH/Multi-needle (84.7%), ARC-C (78.6%), GSM8k (77.7%). It supports a 256K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 1 API provider. Released in 2024, it represents Meta's latest advancement in AI technology.

Meta

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Meta

2024-09-25

xAI

Grok-3 Mini

xAI

2025-02-17

4 months newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

xAI

Grok-3 Mini

Input:$0.30
Output:$0.50
Meta

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

$0.77 cheaper
Input:$0.01
Output:$0.02

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

xAI

Grok-3 Mini

Max Context:136.0K
Meta

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Larger context
Max Context:256.0K
Parameters:3.2B

Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

xAI

Grok-3 Mini

+51.2%
Average Score:84.0%
Meta

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Average Score:32.8%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

xAI

Grok-3 Mini

general
+47.7%
90.2%
code
+3.0%
80.4%
Meta

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

general
42.5%
code
77.4%
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
Meta

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

1 providers

DeepInfra

Throughput: 171.5 tok/s
Latency: 0.24ms
xAI

Grok-3 Mini

+51.2%
Avg Score:84.0%
Providers:1
Meta

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Avg Score:32.8%
Providers:1