xAI: Grok 4.3 vs MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1
Compare xAI: Grok 4.3 by xAI against MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1 by MiniMax, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
xAI: Grok 4.3
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, xAI: Grok 4.3 has the edge — newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
xAI: Grok 4.3
Input
$1.25
Output
$2.50
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1
Input
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Output
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Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
64%
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1 uses 6.9x more emoji
xAI: Grok 4.3
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1
62%Vocabulary48%
16wSentence Length20w
0.46Hedging0.56
2.3Bold3.1
2.5Lists0.8
0.00Emoji0.07
0.34Headings0.73
0.14Transitions0.12
Based on 27 + 24 text responses
Research
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