LLM ComparisonGemini 3.1 ProGrok 3 Mini

Gemini 3.1 Pro vs Grok 3 Mini

Compare Gemini 3.1 Pro and Grok 3 Mini. Build AI products powered by either model on Appaca.

Model Comparison

FeatureGemini 3.1 ProGrok 3 Mini
ProviderGooglexAI
Model Typetexttext
Context Window1,048,576 tokens131,072 tokens
Input Cost
$4.00/ 1M tokens
$0.30/ 1M tokens
Output Cost
$18.00/ 1M tokens
$0.50/ 1M tokens

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Strengths & Best Use Cases

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Google

1. Google's most advanced reasoning Gemini model

  • Designed to solve complex problems across multimodal inputs, including text, audio, images, video, PDFs, and full code repositories.
  • Google highlights improved software engineering behavior, better agentic performance, and stronger usability in domains like finance and spreadsheets.

2. Large multimodal context with substantial output room

  • Supports a 1,048,576 token input context window for large repositories, long documents, and multi-source workflows.
  • Allows up to 65,536 output tokens for longer answers, plans, and code generations.

3. More efficient thinking with expanded controls

  • Improves token efficiency and reasoning performance across use cases.
  • Adds the MEDIUM thinking_level option to better balance cost, speed, and quality.

4. Strong support for production agents

  • Supports grounding with Google Search, code execution, function calling, structured outputs, context caching, RAG, and chat completions.
  • Also offers a custom-tools endpoint tuned for agentic workflows that mix bash-like tools with custom code tools.

Grok 3 Mini

xAI

1. Lightweight but thoughtful reasoning

  • Designed to 'think before responding' with accessible raw thought traces.
  • Excellent for logic puzzles, lightweight reasoning, and systematic tasks.

2. Extremely cost-efficient

  • Only $0.30 per 1M input tokens and $0.50 per 1M output tokens.
  • Cached token support lowers cost to $0.075 per 1M tokens.

3. Fast and responsive

  • Optimized for low-latency applications and high-throughput use cases.
  • Suitable for chatbots, assistants, and automation flows.

4. Supports modern developer features

  • Function calling for tool-augmented workflows.
  • Structured outputs for schema-controlled responses.
  • Integrates cleanly with agents and pipelines.

5. Large 131K context window

  • Can understand and work with long documents, transcripts, or multi-turn sessions.

6. Great for non-domain-heavy tasks

  • Useful for summarization, rewriting, extraction, everyday reasoning, and app logic.
  • Does not require domain expertise to operate effectively.

7. Compatible with enterprise infrastructure

  • Stable rate limits: 480 requests per minute.
  • Same API structure as all Grok 3 models.

8. Optional Live Search support

  • $25 per 1K sources for real-time search augmentation.

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