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.

OpenAI

o3-mini

OpenAI

o3-mini is a language model developed by OpenAI. The model shows competitive results across 26 benchmarks. It excels particularly in COLLIE (98.7%), MATH (97.9%), IFEval (93.9%). It supports a 300K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 2 API providers. Released in 2025, it represents OpenAI's latest advancement in AI technology.

OpenAI

o3-mini

OpenAI

2025-01-30

xAI

Grok-3 Mini

xAI

2025-02-17

18 days newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

xAI

Grok-3 Mini

$4.70 cheaper
Input:$0.30
Output:$0.50
OpenAI

o3-mini

Input:$1.10
Output:$4.40

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

xAI

Grok-3 Mini

Max Context:136.0K
OpenAI

o3-mini

Larger context
Max Context:300.0K

Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

xAI

Grok-3 Mini

+7.7%
Average Score:89.9%
OpenAI

o3-mini

Average Score:82.3%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

xAI

Grok-3 Mini

code
80.4%
general
+35.0%
90.2%
OpenAI

o3-mini

code
+13.5%
93.9%
general
55.2%
Benchmark Scores - Detailed View
Side-by-side comparison of all benchmark scores
Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison

o3-mini

2023-09-30

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
OpenAI

o3-mini

2 providers

Azure

Throughput: 115 tok/s
Latency: 5.2ms

OpenAI

Throughput: 115 tok/s
Latency: 5.2ms
xAI

Grok-3 Mini

+7.7%
Avg Score:89.9%
Providers:1
OpenAI

o3-mini

Avg Score:82.3%
Providers:2