This model was retired on 2026-02-28. The pricing below is the last-known rate, kept for migration reference.

Grok 3 MiniDeprecated

xAIReleasedJun 1, 2024KnowledgeJun 2024
Tool useReasoningPrompt cachingWeb search
Context
131K
Max output
131K
Serving providers
3
Cheapest input
$0.25 /1M
Prices are on-demand list rates. Enterprise commitments (committed-use discounts, provisioned throughput, negotiated rates) can be materially lower.

Benchmarks

independent evaluations · source: ARC Prize and Artificial Analysis
Headline indices
Intelligence Index
22.5
of 100
Individual benchmarks · click a row for effort variants
BenchmarkBest scoreEffortCost / task
ARC-AGI-20%low$0.013
CritPt1%reasoning: true
GPQA Diamond79%reasoning: true
Humanity's Last Exam11%reasoning: true
IFBench46%reasoning: true
LiveCodeBench70%reasoning: true
Long-Context Reasoning50%reasoning: true
MMLU-Pro83%reasoning: true
Omniscience-6.0reasoning: true
SciCode41%reasoning: true
TerminalBench Hard17%reasoning: true
τ²-bench90%reasoning: true

Pricing by serving provider

last-known · per 1M tokens · click a provider to expand
Serving providerInput /1MOutput /1MEndpoints
Azure$0.25$1.271
xAI$0.30$0.501
Vercel AI Gateway$0.30$0.501

Price history

input + output $/1M since we started tracking
Input Output
Input down 17% since first tracked
$0.000$0.200$0.400$0.600Jun 14Jul 30Jan 31Jun 22$0.500$0.250

Cost calculator

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Model IDs

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azure_ai/global/grok-3-minixai/grok-3-minivercel_ai_gateway/xai/grok-3-mini

Frequently asked questions

Grok 3 Mini pricing, context and availability

Is Grok 3 Mini still available?

Grok 3 Mini was retired on 2026-02-28. The pricing on this page is the last-known rate, kept for migration reference.

How much did Grok 3 Mini cost?

Grok 3 Mini's last-known pricing, before it was retired on 2026-02-28, was $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $0.50 per 1M output tokens.

What was the context window of Grok 3 Mini?

Grok 3 Mini had a 131K token context window and could return up to 131K output tokens.

What could Grok 3 Mini do?

Grok 3 Mini supported tool use, reasoning, prompt caching and web search.

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