Grok 3 Mini Beta vs Kimi K2 Thinking
Compare Grok 3 Mini Beta by xAI against Kimi K2 Thinking by Moonshot AI, context windows of 131K vs 262K, tested across 13 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Kimi K2 Thinking
Grok 3 Mini BetaRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Kimi K2 Thinking has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
Grok 3 Mini Beta is 3.1x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Grok 3 Mini Beta
Input
$0.40
1.5× cheaper
Output
$0.80
3.1× cheaper
Kimi K2 Thinking
Input
$0.60
Output
$2.50
Grok 3 Mini Beta is cheaper on both — 1.5× input, 3.1× output
Research
What we learned reading every model
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