Which model is better: Grok 3 Mini or Llama 4 Maverick?
Llama 4 Maverick is 33.3% cheaper for input tokens ($0.20 vs. $0.30 per 1M tokens) and $0.60 vs. $1.20 for output tokens (1.5x cost advantage). In terms of operational performance, Llama 4 Maverick delivers lower response latency at 135ms TTFT (15ms faster than Grok 3 Mini) with 175 vs. 160 tok/s throughput. Llama 4 Maverick leads coding evaluations at 62.4% SWE-bench Verified vs. 54.0% for Grok 3 Mini and 73.8% 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
Grok 3 Mini
Llama 4 Maverick
Net Delta / Advantage
Input Cost / 1M Tokens
$0.30
$0.20
Llama 4 Maverick is 1.5x cheaper
Output Cost / 1M Tokens
$1.20
$0.60
Llama 4 Maverick (50.0% lower)
Prompt Cache Read / 1M
$0.080
$0.050
Llama 4 Maverick is 1.6x cheaper
Prompt Cache Write / 1M
$0.30
$0.20
Llama 4 Maverick is 1.5x cheaper
Context Window (Max Output)
131k (16k out)
1,049k (33k out)
Llama 4 Maverick (8.0x larger context)
Avg TTFT Response Latency
150ms
135ms
Llama 4 Maverick (15ms faster)
Generation Speed (Throughput)
160 tok/s
175 tok/s
Llama 4 Maverick (+15 tok/s faster)
SWE-bench Verified (Coding)
54%
62.4%
Llama 4 Maverick (+8.4% lead)
GPQA Diamond (PhD STEM)
68%
73.8%
Llama 4 Maverick (+5.8% lead)
MMLU-Pro (Multi-Discipline)
80%
84.5%
Llama 4 Maverick (+4.5% lead)
MATH-500 (Quantitative Logic)
87%
91%
Llama 4 Maverick (+4.0% lead)
Inference Value Score (IVR)
69.2 / 100
77 / 100
Llama 4 Maverick (+7.8 pts)
Interactive Monthly Token Economics & ROI Forecaster
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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: Grok 3 Mini or Llama 4 Maverick?
Llama 4 Maverick is cheaper at $0.20/1M input tokens ($0.60/1M 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: Grok 3 Mini or Llama 4 Maverick?
Llama 4 Maverick delivers faster first-token latency at 135ms TTFT (175 tok/s throughput) compared to 150ms TTFT (160 tok/s) for Grok 3 Mini.
How do Grok 3 Mini and Llama 4 Maverick compare on SWE-bench coding and GPQA Diamond reasoning?
On SWE-bench Verified software engineering, Grok 3 Mini scores 54% versus 62.4% for Llama 4 Maverick. On GPQA Diamond graduate-level STEM reasoning, Grok 3 Mini scores 68% versus 73.8% for Llama 4 Maverick (and 87% vs 91% on MATH-500).
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).
When should you choose Llama 4 Maverick?
Choose Llama 4 Maverick (Meta) for high-throughput open-weight multimodal assistants, enterprise RAG, and low-cost cloud inference on Groq and Cerebras — offering a 1,048k context window, 135ms TTFT, and $0.20/1M input pricing ($0.050/1M cached reads).
