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Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct vs Grok 3 Mini

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct wins:

  • No clear advantages in compared metrics

Grok 3 Mini wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
Grok 3 Mini
Benchmark Advantage
Grok 3 Mini
Context Window
Grok 3 Mini
Speed
Grok 3 Mini

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70B InstructGrok 3 MiniWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.90$0.25 Grok 3 Mini
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.90$0.50 Grok 3 Mini
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.45$0.07 Grok 3 Mini
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Grok 3 Mini is 65% cheaper overall.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct Providers

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Grok 3 Mini Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct Wins
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Grok 3 Mini Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70B InstructGrok 3 MiniWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
13.432.1
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
10.825.2
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
11.084.7
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
69.082.8
GPQA
Graduate-level science
46.579.1
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
16.969.6
Aider
Real-world code editing
54.9--
AIME
Competition math
24.793.3
Grok 3 Mini significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
131,072
tokens
Grok 3 Mini
131,072
tokens

Speed Performance

MetricLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70B InstructGrok 3 MiniWinner
Tokens/second35.5 tok/s196.6 tok/s
Time to First Token0.51s0.47s
Grok 3 Mini responds 453% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70B InstructGrok 3 Mini
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70B InstructGrok 3 Mini
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorNvidiaXai
ReleasedOct 2024Jun 2025

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct Modalities

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Grok 3 Mini Modalities

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Frequently Asked Questions

Grok 3 Mini has cheaper input pricing at $0.25/M tokens. Grok 3 Mini has cheaper output pricing at $0.50/M tokens.
Grok 3 Mini scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 25.2, compared to Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct's score of 10.8.
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has a 131,072 token context window, while Grok 3 Mini has a 131,072 token context window.
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct does not support vision. Grok 3 Mini does not support vision.