Which model is better: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) or Grok 3 Mini?
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) is 26.7% cheaper for input tokens ($0.22 vs. $0.30 per 1M tokens) and $0.65 vs. $1.20 for output tokens (1.4x cost advantage). In terms of operational performance, Grok 3 Mini delivers lower response latency at 150ms TTFT (160ms faster than DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp)) with 160 vs. 165 tok/s throughput. DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) leads coding evaluations at 77.4% SWE-bench Verified vs. 54.0% for Grok 3 Mini and 91.3% vs. 68.0% on GPQA Diamond.
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Choose Grok 3 Mini (xAI) for high-speed reasoning model providing rapid answers and code generation with chain-of-thought capabilities at edge pricing — offering a 131k context window, 150ms TTFT, and $0.30/1M input pricing ($0.080/1M cached reads).
Which is cheaper: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) or Grok 3 Mini?
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) is cheaper at $0.22/1M input tokens ($0.65/1M output) compared to $0.30/1M input ($1.20/1M output) for Grok 3 Mini.
Which model has lower TTFT latency and higher tok/s throughput: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) or Grok 3 Mini?
Grok 3 Mini delivers faster first-token latency at 150ms TTFT (160 tok/s throughput) compared to 310ms TTFT (165 tok/s) for DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp).
How do DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) and Grok 3 Mini compare on SWE-bench coding and GPQA Diamond reasoning?
On SWE-bench Verified software engineering, DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) scores 77.4% versus 54% for Grok 3 Mini. On GPQA Diamond graduate-level STEM reasoning, DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) scores 91.3% versus 68% for Grok 3 Mini (and 96.4% vs 87% on MATH-500).
When should you choose DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp)?
Choose DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision (Exp) (DeepSeek) for ultra-low-cost open-weight multimodal MoE built for high-throughput visual document OCR, chart interpretation, and real-time autonomous coding agents — offering a 1,048k context window, 310ms TTFT, and $0.22/1M input pricing ($0.007/1M cached reads).
When should you choose Grok 3 Mini?
Choose Grok 3 Mini (xAI) for high-speed reasoning model providing rapid answers and code generation with chain-of-thought capabilities at edge pricing — offering a 131k context window, 150ms TTFT, and $0.30/1M input pricing ($0.080/1M cached reads).
