Grok 3 mini
Efficient
Cheap Grok 3 sibling. Same X firehose access, smaller model behind it, good for cost-sensitive social-media tooling.
Grok 3 mini is a efficient AI model from xAI. It costs $0.300 per million input tokens and $0.500 per million output tokens (blended $0.360/M), with a 131,000-token context window.
INPUT
$0.300/M
per million input tokens
OUTPUT
$0.500/M
per million output tokens
CONTEXT
131,000
tokens
What it is good at
- Cheap
- Real-time X data
- Lower latency than full Grok 3
Typical use cases
- Bulk social-media analysis
- Cheap Grok-style chat
Benchmarks
vs. best public score
Hand-curated from each provider's published reports and public leaderboards. Methodology varies across sources, treat as directional rather than authoritative.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does Grok 3 mini cost?
Grok 3 mini costs $0.300 per million input tokens and $0.500 per million output tokens, for a blended reference rate of $0.360 per million tokens.
What is Grok 3 mini's context window?
Grok 3 mini supports up to 131,000 tokens of context in a single request.
What is Grok 3 mini best for?
Grok 3 mini is well suited to Cheap, Real-time X data and Lower latency than full Grok 3.
Who makes Grok 3 mini?
Grok 3 mini is developed and served by xAI.