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Grok-3 Mini vs o4-mini
Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Grok-3 Mini leads with 1.0% higher average benchmark score. o4-mini offers 164.0K 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.
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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.
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OpenAI
o4-mini was created as part of the next generation of OpenAI's reasoning models, designed to continue advancing the balance between analytical capability and operational efficiency. Built to bring cutting-edge reasoning techniques to applications requiring quick turnaround, it represents the evolution of compact reasoning-focused models.
1 month newer
Grok-3 Mini
xAI
2025-02-17
o4-mini
OpenAI
2025-04-16
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Pricing Comparison
Cost per million tokens (USD)
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Grok-3 Mini
Input:$0.30
Output:$0.50($4.70 cheaper)
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o4-mini
Input:$1.10
Output:$4.40
Performance Metrics
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks
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Grok-3 Mini
Average Score:90.2%(+1.0%)
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o4-mini
Average Score:89.2%
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Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison
o4-mini
2024-05-31
Grok-3 Mini
2024-11-17
More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks
Provider Availability & Performance
Available providers and their performance metrics
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Grok-3 Mini
1 providers
xAI
Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.7ms
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o4-mini
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Grok-3 Mini
Avg Score:90.2%(+1.0%)
Providers:1
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o4-mini
Avg Score:89.2%
Providers:1