xAI: Grok 4 vs MiniMax M3
Compare xAI: Grok 4 by xAI against MiniMax M3 by MiniMax, context windows of 256K vs 1.0M, tested across 52 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
xAI: Grok 4
MiniMax M3
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
MiniMax M3 is 13x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
xAI: Grok 4
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
MiniMax M3
Input
$0.30
10× cheaper
Output
$1.20
13× cheaper
MiniMax M3 is cheaper on both — 10× input, 13× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
40%
MiniMax M3 uses 16.4x more emoji
xAI: Grok 4
MiniMax M3
53%Vocabulary55%
18wSentence Length24w
0.67Hedging0.52
2.7Bold5.2
2.7Lists3.0
0.07Emoji1.15
0.86Headings1.21
0.04Transitions0.02
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