Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GPT-4.1 mini offers 885.3K more tokens in context window than Grok 3 mini. Grok 3 mini is $1.20 cheaper per million tokens. GPT-4.1 mini supports multimodal inputs. 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 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.
1 month newer

Grok 3 mini
xAI
2025-02-17

GPT-4.1 mini
OpenAI
2025-04-14
Cost per million tokens (USD)
GPT-4.1 mini
Grok 3 mini
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics
GPT-4.1 mini
OpenAI
Grok 3 mini
GPT-4.1 mini
Grok 3 mini
GPT-4.1 mini
Grok 3 mini
xAI