Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
o1 leads with 4.6% higher average benchmark score. o1 offers 152.5K more tokens in context window than Grok 3 mini. Grok 3 mini is $74.20 cheaper per million tokens. o1 supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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.
OpenAI
OpenAI o1, released by OpenAI in December 2024, is a reasoning-focused large language model that applies extended chain-of-thought processing before generating responses. It features a 200K token context window and native image understanding, demonstrating strong performance on STEM benchmarks requiring multi-step reasoning. o1 targets mathematics, science, and coding tasks where careful deliberation over the problem produces more accurate outputs than direct generation.
2 months newer

o1
OpenAI
2024-12-05

Grok 3 mini
xAI
2025-02-17
Cost per million tokens (USD)
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Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
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Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
Grok 3 mini
o1
o1
2023-10
Available providers and their performance metrics
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xAI
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OpenAI