Which model is better: Gemini 2.5 Pro or Grok 3 Mini?
Grok 3 Mini is 76.0% cheaper for input tokens ($0.30 vs. $1.25 per 1M tokens) and $1.20 vs. $10.00 for output tokens (4.2x cost advantage). In terms of operational performance, Grok 3 Mini delivers lower response latency at 150ms TTFT (550ms faster than Gemini 2.5 Pro) with 160 vs. 80 tok/s throughput. Gemini 2.5 Pro leads coding evaluations at 63.8% SWE-bench Verified vs. 54.0% for Grok 3 Mini and 74.0% vs. 68.0% on GPQA Diamond.
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Verified Performance & Unit Economics Delta (12 Dimensions)
Daily synchronized metrics across token pricing, prompt cache economics, latency, throughput, and 5 capability benchmarks.
Metric / Dimension
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Grok 3 Mini
Net Delta / Advantage
Input Cost / 1M Tokens
$1.25
$0.30
Grok 3 Mini is 4.2x cheaper
Output Cost / 1M Tokens
$10.00
$1.20
Grok 3 Mini (88.0% lower)
Prompt Cache Read / 1M
$0.313
$0.080
Grok 3 Mini is 3.9x cheaper
Prompt Cache Write / 1M
$1.25
$0.30
Grok 3 Mini is 4.2x cheaper
Context Window (Max Output)
1,024k (66k out)
131k (16k out)
Gemini 2.5 Pro (7.8x larger context)
Avg TTFT Response Latency
700ms
150ms
Grok 3 Mini (550ms faster)
Generation Speed (Throughput)
80 tok/s
160 tok/s
Grok 3 Mini (+80 tok/s faster)
SWE-bench Verified (Coding)
63.8%
54%
Gemini 2.5 Pro (+9.8% lead)
GPQA Diamond (PhD STEM)
74%
68%
Gemini 2.5 Pro (+6.0% lead)
MMLU-Pro (Multi-Discipline)
85.2%
80%
Gemini 2.5 Pro (+5.2% lead)
MATH-500 (Quantitative Logic)
95%
87%
Gemini 2.5 Pro (+8.0% lead)
Inference Value Score (IVR)
56.8 / 100
69.2 / 100
Grok 3 Mini (+12.4 pts)
Interactive Monthly Token Economics & ROI Forecaster
Model production workloads across prompt, completion, and cached context tokens, or switch models on the fly.
Choose Gemini 2.5 Pro (Google) for long-context document and video analysis, large codebase ingestion, and multimodal reasoning — offering a 1,024k context window, 700ms TTFT, and $1.25/1M input pricing ($0.312/1M cached reads).
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).
Grok 3 Mini is cheaper at $0.30/1M input tokens ($1.20/1M output) compared to $1.25/1M input ($10.00/1M output) for Gemini 2.5 Pro.
Which model has lower TTFT latency and higher tok/s throughput: Gemini 2.5 Pro or Grok 3 Mini?
Grok 3 Mini delivers faster first-token latency at 150ms TTFT (160 tok/s throughput) compared to 700ms TTFT (80 tok/s) for Gemini 2.5 Pro.
How do Gemini 2.5 Pro and Grok 3 Mini compare on SWE-bench coding and GPQA Diamond reasoning?
On SWE-bench Verified software engineering, Gemini 2.5 Pro scores 63.8% versus 54% for Grok 3 Mini. On GPQA Diamond graduate-level STEM reasoning, Gemini 2.5 Pro scores 74% versus 68% for Grok 3 Mini (and 95% vs 87% on MATH-500).
When should you choose Gemini 2.5 Pro?
Choose Gemini 2.5 Pro (Google) for long-context document and video analysis, large codebase ingestion, and multimodal reasoning — offering a 1,024k context window, 700ms TTFT, and $1.25/1M input pricing ($0.312/1M 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).
