Grok 3 Mini is 98.0% cheaper for input tokens ($0.30 vs. $15.00 per 1M tokens) and $1.20 vs. $60.00 for output tokens (50.0x cost advantage). In terms of operational performance, Grok 3 Mini delivers lower response latency at 150ms TTFT (2450ms faster than o1) with 160 vs. 48 tok/s throughput. Grok 3 Mini leads coding evaluations at 54.0% SWE-bench Verified vs. 48.9% for o1 and 68.0% vs. 78.0% 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
o1
Net Delta / Advantage
Input Cost / 1M Tokens
$0.30
$15.00
Grok 3 Mini is 50.0x cheaper
Output Cost / 1M Tokens
$1.20
$60.00
Grok 3 Mini (98.0% lower)
Prompt Cache Read / 1M
$0.080
$7.500
Grok 3 Mini is 93.8x cheaper
Prompt Cache Write / 1M
$0.30
$15.00
Grok 3 Mini is 50.0x cheaper
Context Window (Max Output)
131k (16k out)
205k (100k out)
o1 (1.6x larger context)
Avg TTFT Response Latency
150ms
2600ms
Grok 3 Mini (2450ms faster)
Generation Speed (Throughput)
160 tok/s
48 tok/s
Grok 3 Mini (+112 tok/s faster)
SWE-bench Verified (Coding)
54%
48.9%
Grok 3 Mini (+5.1% lead)
GPQA Diamond (PhD STEM)
68%
78%
o1 (+10.0% lead)
MMLU-Pro (Multi-Discipline)
80%
83.3%
o1 (+3.3% lead)
MATH-500 (Quantitative Logic)
87%
96.4%
o1 (+9.4% lead)
Inference Value Score (IVR)
69.2 / 100
37.2 / 100
Grok 3 Mini (+32 pts)
Interactive Monthly Token Economics & ROI Forecaster
Model production workloads across prompt, completion, and cached context tokens, or switch models on the fly.
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 $15.00/1M input ($60.00/1M output) for o1.
Which model has lower TTFT latency and higher tok/s throughput: Grok 3 Mini or o1?
Grok 3 Mini delivers faster first-token latency at 150ms TTFT (160 tok/s throughput) compared to 2600ms TTFT (48 tok/s) for o1.
How do Grok 3 Mini and o1 compare on SWE-bench coding and GPQA Diamond reasoning?
On SWE-bench Verified software engineering, Grok 3 Mini scores 54% versus 48.9% for o1. On GPQA Diamond graduate-level STEM reasoning, Grok 3 Mini scores 68% versus 78% for o1 (and 87% vs 96.4% 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 o1?
Choose o1 (OpenAI) for legacy reasoning benchmarks, scientific literature review, and complex mathematical proofs — offering a 204k context window, 2600ms TTFT, and $15.00/1M input pricing ($7.500/1M cached reads).
