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o3 vs Grok 4

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

o3 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time

Grok 4 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
o3
Benchmark Advantage
Grok 4
Context Window
Grok 4
Speed
o3

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

Featureo3Grok 4
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

Propertyo3Grok 4
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorOpenAIXai
ReleasedApr 2025Jul 2025

o3 Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

Grok 4 Modalities

Input
imagetext
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

o3 has cheaper input pricing at $2.00/M tokens. o3 has cheaper output pricing at $8.00/M tokens.
Grok 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 40.5, compared to o3's score of 38.4.
o3 has a 200,000 token context window, while Grok 4 has a 256,000 token context window.
o3 supports vision. Grok 4 supports vision.