Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GPT-4.1 mini offers 893.5K more tokens in context window than Grok 2. GPT-4.1 mini is $10.00 cheaper per million tokens. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
OpenAI
GPT-4.1 mini, released by OpenAI in April 2025, is a smaller variant from the GPT-4.1 family designed for efficient, cost-effective deployments requiring long-context understanding. It features a 1M token context window and native image understanding, with maintained coding and instruction-following capabilities relative to its size. GPT-4.1 mini targets applications needing a balance between response speed, cost, and capability, such as production APIs with high request volumes.
xAI
Grok 2, released by xAI in August 2024, is a large language model with 131K token context window and native image understanding, developed with access to real-time information from the X platform. It features multimodal input capabilities and improved reasoning over its predecessor. Grok 2 targets conversational assistants, image analysis, and real-time information retrieval tasks via the xAI API.
8 months newer

Grok 2
xAI
2024-08-14

GPT-4.1 mini
OpenAI
2025-04-14
Cost per million tokens (USD)
GPT-4.1 mini
Grok 2
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics
GPT-4.1 mini
OpenAI
Grok 2
GPT-4.1 mini
Grok 2
GPT-4.1 mini
Grok 2
xAI