Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Grok-3 Mini leads with 13.5% higher average benchmark score. Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 offers 11.5K more tokens in context window than Grok-3 Mini. Both models have similar pricing. Grok-3 Mini supports multimodal inputs. 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.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 235B Instruct was created as the instruction-tuned version of Qwen3 235B, designed to follow user instructions while leveraging the model's large-scale architecture. Built to provide advanced instruction-following with efficient mixture-of-experts design, it serves applications requiring both capability and practical deployment.
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Grok-3 Mini
xAI
2025-02-17

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-07-22
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Grok-3 Mini

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Grok-3 Mini

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
Grok-3 Mini
2024-11-17
Available providers and their performance metrics

Grok-3 Mini
xAI

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

Grok-3 Mini

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507

Grok-3 Mini

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
Novita