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Grok 3 Mini

xai·xai/grok-3-mini·GA·Closed·grok series
Fast Grok model for responsive chat, reasoning, and tool-assisted work

Grok 3 Mini by xai is offered by 2 providers on this page. Its reference price is $0.30 per 1M input tokens and $0.50 per 1M output tokens.

The context window is 131,072 tokens, with an output limit of 131,072 tokens. It supports reasoning and tool use. Providers report the capability flags inconsistently, so verify a specific feature against the host you plan to use. Its training knowledge cuts off at 2024-06.

Specs & pricing

Input / output per 1M tokens
Reference price·Helicone
$0.30 / $0.50
Blended $0.35 · Cache read $0.075
Lowest paid·PoeGateway
$0.30 / $0.50
Blended $0.35 · 1× spread
Context
131,072
Output limit
131,072
Knowledge cutoff
2024-06
Released / updated
2025-04-11 / 2025-04-11
Capabilities
✓ Reasoning✓ Tool use? Structured outputTemperature✓ Attachments
⚠ Providers report capability flags inconsistently
Modalities
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Available at 2 providers2 with public prices

ProviderTierInputOutputCache readCache writeContextOutput limitStatus
PoeGateway$0.30$0.50$0.075—131,0728,192
HeliconeGateway$0.30$0.50$0.075—131,072131,072

Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.

Your usage cost

1Poe$58.00
2Helicone$58.00
The cheapest paid channel is the only channel.

Reasoning control

effort = loweffort = mediumeffort = high

Related models

Grok 4.6 (Global)same series$2.00 / $6.00Grok 4.6 (US)same series$2.20 / $6.60Grok 4.6same series$2.00 / $6.00DeepSeek V4 Flashcheaper alternative$0.14 / $0.28GLM-5.3-Flashcheaper alternative$0.075 / $0.25GPT-5 Nanocheaper alternative$0.05 / $0.40MiMo-V2.5cheaper alternative$0.14 / $0.28

Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync

Input listOutput listMin blended
$0.50$02026-08-052026-08-132026-08-05 · Input list $0.302026-08-06 · Input list $0.302026-08-07 · Input list $0.302026-08-08 · Input list $0.302026-08-09 · Input list $0.302026-08-10 · Input list $0.302026-08-11 · Input list $0.302026-08-12 · Input list $0.302026-08-13 · Input list $0.302026-08-05 · Output list $0.502026-08-06 · Output list $0.502026-08-07 · Output list $0.502026-08-08 · Output list $0.502026-08-09 · Output list $0.502026-08-10 · Output list $0.502026-08-11 · Output list $0.502026-08-12 · Output list $0.502026-08-13 · Output list $0.502026-08-05 · Min blended $0.352026-08-06 · Min blended $0.352026-08-07 · Min blended $0.352026-08-08 · Min blended $0.352026-08-09 · Min blended $0.352026-08-10 · Min blended $0.352026-08-11 · Min blended $0.352026-08-12 · Min blended $0.352026-08-13 · Min blended $0.35
Data partly from models.dev (MIT) · Helicone official docs ↗