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Grok 3 Beta vs Grok 3 Mini

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Grok 3 Beta 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

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGrok 3 BetaGrok 3 Mini
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGrok 3 BetaGrok 3 Mini
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorXaiXai
ReleasedApr 2025Jun 2025

Grok 3 Beta 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 Beta has a 131,072 token context window, while Grok 3 Mini has a 131,072 token context window.
Grok 3 Beta does not support vision. Grok 3 Mini does not support vision.