Grok 3 vs Grok 3 Mini

1. Strong enterprise-grade reasoning

• Built for deep logical reasoning, structured decision-making, and multi-step analysis.
• Performs exceptionally in domains requiring precision: law, finance, healthcare, and STEM.

2. Excellent at data extraction and summarization

• Optimized for structured extraction from documents, PDFs, tables, and complex text.
• Ideal for enterprise workflows like reporting, compliance automation, or knowledge mining.

3. High-performance coding capabilities

• Excels at code generation, debugging, refactoring, and explaining code.
• Competitive with top-tier coding models for multi-file, long-context code reasoning.

4. Supports function calling and structured outputs

• Integrates cleanly with agent frameworks and external tools.
• Predictable, schema-aligned responses suitable for production systems.

5. Large 131K context window

• Handles long documents, transcripts, contracts, codebases, or multi-document tasks.
• Useful for ingesting highly technical materials in one pass.

6. Efficient cost structure with cached token pricing

• Cached inputs: only $0.75 / 1M tokens, enabling large-scale systems.
• Encourages reuse for powerful retrieval-augmented workflows.

7. Enterprise reliability and availability

• Supported across multiple regions (us-east-1, eu-west-1).
• Consistent rate limits: 600 requests/min.
• Suitable for production-grade apps with stability requirements.

8. Supports advanced search capabilities

• Optional Live Search add-on for real-time knowledge retrieval.
• Pricing: $25 per 1K sources.

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.