Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Grok-3 Mini leads with 33.3% higher average benchmark score. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct offers 120.0K more tokens in context window than Grok-3 Mini. Grok-3 Mini is $0.98 cheaper per million tokens. Grok-3 Mini supports multimodal inputs. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is available on 8 providers. Overall, Grok-3 Mini is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
xAI
Grok 3 Mini was developed as an efficient version of Grok 3, designed to bring next-generation capabilities to resource-conscious deployments. Built to provide strong performance with practical efficiency, it extends Grok 3's innovations to broader application scenarios.
Meta
Llama 3.1 405B was developed as Meta's largest open-source language model, designed to provide frontier-level capabilities with 405 billion parameters. Built to demonstrate that open-source models can match proprietary systems in capability, it enables researchers and developers to experiment with and deploy a powerful foundation model without licensing restrictions.
6 months newer

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23

Grok-3 Mini
xAI
2025-02-17
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Grok-3 Mini

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Grok-3 Mini

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Grok-3 Mini
2024-11-17
Available providers and their performance metrics

Grok-3 Mini
xAI

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Grok-3 Mini

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Grok-3 Mini

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
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