💻 Coding (SWE) WinnerGPT-6.1 Sol 86.4% SWE-bench · 96.8% HumanEval
🧠 STEM Reasoning WinnerGPT-6.1 Sol 92.4% GPQA · 98.8% MATH-500
Which model is better: GPT-6.1 Sol or Grok 3 Mini?
Grok 3 Mini is 85.0% cheaper for input tokens ($0.30 vs. $2.00 per 1M tokens) and $1.20 vs. $10.00 for output tokens (6.7x cost advantage). In terms of operational performance, Grok 3 Mini delivers lower response latency at 150ms TTFT (370ms faster than GPT-6.1 Sol) with 160 vs. 135 tok/s throughput. GPT-6.1 Sol leads coding evaluations at 86.4% SWE-bench Verified vs. 54.0% for Grok 3 Mini and 92.4% 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
GPT-6.1 Sol
Grok 3 Mini
Net Delta / Advantage
Input Cost / 1M Tokens
$2.00
$0.30
Grok 3 Mini is 6.7x cheaper
Output Cost / 1M Tokens
$10.00
$1.20
Grok 3 Mini (88.0% lower)
Prompt Cache Read / 1M
$0.100
$0.080
Grok 3 Mini is 1.3x cheaper
Prompt Cache Write / 1M
$2.00
$0.30
Grok 3 Mini is 6.7x cheaper
Context Window (Max Output)
1,075k (128k out)
131k (16k out)
GPT-6.1 Sol (8.2x larger context)
Avg TTFT Response Latency
520ms
150ms
Grok 3 Mini (370ms faster)
Generation Speed (Throughput)
135 tok/s
160 tok/s
Grok 3 Mini (+25 tok/s faster)
SWE-bench Verified (Coding)
86.4%
54%
GPT-6.1 Sol (+32.4% lead)
GPQA Diamond (PhD STEM)
92.4%
68%
GPT-6.1 Sol (+24.4% lead)
MMLU-Pro (Multi-Discipline)
91%
80%
GPT-6.1 Sol (+11.0% lead)
MATH-500 (Quantitative Logic)
98.8%
87%
GPT-6.1 Sol (+11.8% lead)
Inference Value Score (IVR)
62.9 / 100
69.2 / 100
Grok 3 Mini (+6.3 pts)
Interactive Monthly Token Economics & ROI Forecaster
Model production workloads across prompt, completion, and cached context tokens, or switch models on the fly.
Choose GPT-6.1 Sol (OpenAI) for delivers near-GPT-6 Astra frontier accuracy at one-fifth the token cost with a 95% cache read discount for high-efficiency agentic coding, computer use, and enterprise workflow automation — offering a 1,075k context window, 520ms TTFT, and $2.00/1M input pricing ($0.100/1M 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 $2.00/1M input ($10.00/1M output) for GPT-6.1 Sol.
Which model has lower TTFT latency and higher tok/s throughput: GPT-6.1 Sol or Grok 3 Mini?
Grok 3 Mini delivers faster first-token latency at 150ms TTFT (160 tok/s throughput) compared to 520ms TTFT (135 tok/s) for GPT-6.1 Sol.
How do GPT-6.1 Sol and Grok 3 Mini compare on SWE-bench coding and GPQA Diamond reasoning?
On SWE-bench Verified software engineering, GPT-6.1 Sol scores 86.4% versus 54% for Grok 3 Mini. On GPQA Diamond graduate-level STEM reasoning, GPT-6.1 Sol scores 92.4% versus 68% for Grok 3 Mini (and 98.8% vs 87% on MATH-500).
When should you choose GPT-6.1 Sol?
Choose GPT-6.1 Sol (OpenAI) for delivers near-GPT-6 Astra frontier accuracy at one-fifth the token cost with a 95% cache read discount for high-efficiency agentic coding, computer use, and enterprise workflow automation — offering a 1,075k context window, 520ms TTFT, and $2.00/1M input pricing ($0.100/1M 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).
