xAI: Grok 3 Mini Beta
Analysis Summary
xAI: Grok 3 Mini Beta sits in the Legacy tier on our leaderboard, ranked #345 of 525 published models on overall intelligence. At $0.300 input and $0.500 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market. It offers a standard large context window and supports tool use, function calling, and reasoning.
Editorial notes
xAI's Grok 3 Mini Beta supports tool use and function calling at a reasonable price, but without benchmark data its capability is unverified — a speculative choice for businesses already in the xAI ecosystem.
Assessed April 23, 2026
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Performance Profile
Grok 3 Mini is a lightweight, smaller thinking model. Unlike traditional models that generate answers immediately, Grok 3 Mini thinks before responding. It’s ideal for reasoning-heavy tasks that don’t demand..
Capabilities
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
x-ai/grok-3-mini-beta
|
| Provider | x-ai |
| Release Date | April 9, 2025 |
| Context Length | 131,072 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.30 | $0.000300 |
| Output | $0.50 | $0.000500 |
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