GPT-4.1 vs Grok 3 Beta
Compare GPT-4.1 by OpenAI against Grok 3 Beta by xAI, in 9 community votes, gpt-4.1 wins 57% of head-to-head duels, context windows of 1.0M vs 131K, tested across 54 shared challenges. Updated April 2026.
Which is better, GPT-4.1 or Grok 3 Beta?
GPT-4.1 is the better choice overall, winning 57% of 9 blind community votes on Rival. GPT-4.1 costs $2/M input tokens vs $2/M for Grok 3 Beta. Context windows: 1048K vs 131K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between GPT-4.1 and Grok 3 Beta
GPT-4.1 is made by openai while Grok 3 Beta is from xai. GPT-4.1 has a 1048K token context window compared to Grok 3 Beta's 131K. On pricing, GPT-4.1 costs $2/M input tokens vs $2/M for Grok 3 Beta. In community voting, In 9 community votes, GPT-4.1 wins 57% of head-to-head duels.
In 9 community votes, GPT-4.1 wins 57% of head-to-head duels. Grok 3 Beta leads in Reasoning. Based on blind community voting from the Rival open dataset of 9+ human preference judgments for this pair.
GPT-4.1 has the edge overall. In 9 blind votes, GPT-4.1 wins 57% of the time.
Grok 3 Beta particularly excels in Reasoning.
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