Grok 3 Beta vs Grok Code Fast 1
Compare Grok 3 Beta and Grok Code Fast 1, both from xAI, context windows of 131K vs 256K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Grok 3 Beta
Grok Code Fast 1
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Grok 3 Beta
Input
$2.00
Output
$4.00
Grok Code Fast 1
Input
$0.20
10× cheaper
Output
$1.50
2.7× cheaper
Grok Code Fast 1 is cheaper on both — 10× input, 2.7× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
65%
Grok Code Fast 1 uses 6.0x more emoji
Grok 3 Beta
Grok Code Fast 1
48%Vocabulary60%
19wSentence Length17w
0.67Hedging0.97
3.1Bold2.8
5.5Lists2.5
0.00Emoji0.06
0.52Headings0.89
0.28Transitions0.11
Based on 23 + 23 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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