Grok 3 Mini

A lightweight model that thinks before responding. Fast, smart, and great for logic-based tasks that do not require deep domain knowledge. The raw thinking traces are accessible.

by xAI

Overview

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Score

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9 benchmarks

Avg Latency

22.0s

13 requests

Pricing

$0.30 in / $0.50 out

per 1M tokens

Context

131K

tokens

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Score Over Time

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Quickstart

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Get started with this model using OpenRouter

import { OpenRouter } from "@openrouter/sdk";

const openrouter = new OpenRouter({
  apiKey: "<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>"
});

const completion = await openrouter.chat.completions.create({
  model: "x-ai/grok-3-mini",
  messages: [
    {
      role: "user",
      content: "Hello!"
    }
  ]
});

console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);

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Other Models from xAI

Compare performance with other models from the same creator

Model	Latency	Cost/1M	Score
Grok 4.3	6.4s	$1.88	47%
Grok 4.1 Fast	14.2s	$0.35	20%
Grok 3	24.7s	$9.00	—
Grok 3 Mini Beta	23.3s	$0.40	—
Grok 3 Beta	26.8s	$9.00	—
Grok 4 Fast	18.3s	$0.35	—
Grok Code Fast 1	16.1s	$0.85	—
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent	—	$4.00	—
Grok 4	43.0s	$9.00	—
Grok 4.20	2.5s	$1.88	—