Ministral 3 3B-25-12vsGrok 3
Ministral 3 3B-25-12 | Grok 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| API pricingUSD per 1M tokens · lower wins | ||
Input priceWhat you pay for everything you send the model — your question, plus any documents or earlier conversation you include with it. | $0.10 | — |
Output priceWhat you pay for the text the model writes back. It is normally the dearer half: producing an answer costs more than reading one. | $0.10 | — |
| Overview | ||
| Company | Mistral | SpaceXAI |
| Release date | Dec 2 2025 | Feb 17 2025 |
| Access | Open Weight | Proprietary |
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Frequently asked questions
Ministral 3 3B-25-12 and Grok 3 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Only Ministral 3 3B-25-12 has a verified first-party API price: $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.10 per million output tokens. No pay-as-you-go API rate is tracked for Grok 3. Grok 3 shipped 288 days before Ministral 3 3B-25-12, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Ministral 3 3B-25-12 is open weight, while Grok 3 is proprietary.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Ministral 3 3B-25-12 and Grok 3 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.