xAI: Grok 3 Mini
Analysis Summary
xAI: Grok 3 Mini sits in the Specialist tier on our leaderboard, ranked #77 of 523 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 is a surprisingly capable and affordable model, with exceptional agentic and mathematics benchmark scores relative to its $0.30/1M input price point, and strong performance on live coding evaluations. It's a compelling value option for businesses needing solid reasoning and agentic capability without the cost of frontier flagships.
Assessed April 16, 2026
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Performance Profile
A lightweight model that thinks before responding. Fast, smart, and great for logic-based tasks that do not require deep domain knowledge. The raw thinking traces are accessible.
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Performance Indices
Source: Artificial Analysis
Benchmark Scores
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Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
x-ai/grok-3-mini
|
| Provider | x-ai |
| Release Date | June 10, 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 |
Live Performance
Live endpoint metrics — refreshed every 30 minutes.
