Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
o3 mini offers 21.5K more tokens in context window than Grok 4. o3 mini is $24.50 cheaper per million tokens. Grok 4 supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
xAI
Grok 4, released by xAI on July 10, 2025, is a large language model featuring first-principles reasoning and comprehensive multimodal support. It features a 260K token context window and demonstrated strong performance on advanced reasoning and coding benchmarks. Grok 4 targets complex multi-step reasoning tasks, scientific analysis, and agentic workflows via the xAI API.
OpenAI
OpenAI o3 mini, released by OpenAI in January 2025, is a compact reasoning model from the o3 family designed for efficient, cost-effective STEM problem-solving. It features a 200K token context window and adjustable chain-of-thought effort settings, allowing developers to trade reasoning depth for speed. o3 mini targets science, mathematics, and coding applications where lower inference cost and faster response times are a priority.
5 months newer

o3 mini
OpenAI
2025-01-31

Grok 4
xAI
2025-07-10
Cost per million tokens (USD)
Grok 4
o3 mini
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics
Grok 4
xAI
o3 mini
Grok 4
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Grok 4
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OpenAI