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.

Microsoft

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Microsoft

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct is a multimodal language model developed by Microsoft. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 72.0% across 15 benchmarks. It excels particularly in ScienceQA Visual (97.5%), DocVQA (93.2%), MMBench (86.7%). The model shows particular specialization in general tasks with an average performance of 75.8%. It supports a 256K 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. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents Microsoft's latest advancement in AI technology.

Microsoft

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Microsoft

2025-02-01

xAI

Grok-3 Mini

xAI

2025-02-17

16 days newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

xAI

Grok-3 Mini

Input:$0.30
Output:$0.50
Microsoft

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

$0.65 cheaper
Input:$0.05
Output:$0.10

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

xAI

Grok-3 Mini

Max Context:136.0K
Microsoft

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Larger context
Max Context:256.0K
Parameters:5.6B

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

xAI

Grok-3 Mini

general
+14.4%
90.2%
Microsoft

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

general
75.8%
Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

2024-06-01

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
Microsoft

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

1 providers

DeepInfra

Throughput: 25 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms
xAI

Grok-3 Mini

Avg Score:0.0%
Providers:1
Microsoft

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Avg Score:0.0%
Providers:1