Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Grok 3 mini offers 11.5K more tokens in context window than DeepSeek-V3.2 Thinking. Grok 3 mini is $1.94 cheaper per million tokens. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp (DeepSeek-V3.2 Thinking), released by DeepSeek in September 2025, is the experimental preview release of the DeepSeek-V3.2 model featuring 685 billion total parameters and integrated thinking capabilities. It introduced the architecture and training approaches that became the foundation of the final V3.2 release, including thinking in tool-use and hybrid reasoning modes.
xAI
Grok 3 mini, released by xAI alongside Grok 3 in February 2025, is a compact reasoning model from the Grok 3 family featuring RL-enhanced Think mode for extended chain-of-thought processing. It features a 131K token context window and targets STEM tasks, mathematics, and coding applications where cost-efficient reasoning with configurable depth is required.
7 months newer

Grok 3 mini
xAI
2025-02-17

DeepSeek-V3.2 Thinking
DeepSeek
2025-09-29
Cost per million tokens (USD)
DeepSeek-V3.2 Thinking
Grok 3 mini
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics
DeepSeek-V3.2 Thinking
DeepSeek
Grok 3 mini
DeepSeek-V3.2 Thinking
Grok 3 mini
DeepSeek-V3.2 Thinking
Grok 3 mini
xAI