Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Grok 3 mini leads with 1.0% higher average benchmark score. o1 mini offers 46.1K more tokens in context window than Grok 3 mini. Grok 3 mini is $4.70 cheaper per million tokens. 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 mini, released by OpenAI in September 2024, is a lightweight reasoning model from the o1 family optimized for efficient STEM problem-solving at lower cost and latency. It features a 128K token context window and applies chain-of-thought reasoning specifically tuned for mathematics, science, and coding tasks. o1 mini targets use cases where rapid, cost-efficient reasoning is preferred over the broader capabilities of the full o1 model.
5 months newer

o1 mini
OpenAI
2024-09-12

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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o1 mini
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
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Available providers and their performance metrics
Grok 3 mini
xAI
o1 mini
Grok 3 mini
o1 mini
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OpenAI