Grok 3 Mini Beta vs MiniMax M3
Compare Grok 3 Mini Beta by xAI against MiniMax M3 by MiniMax, context windows of 131K vs 1.0M, tested across 13 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M3
Grok 3 Mini BetaRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, MiniMax M3 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Grok 3 Mini Beta
Input
$0.40
Output
$0.80
1.5× cheaper
MiniMax M3
Input
$0.30
1.3× cheaper
Output
$1.20
MiniMax M3 wins input (1.3× cheaper)·Grok 3 Mini Beta wins output (1.5× cheaper)
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