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o3-mini-high vs Grok‑1

OpenAI o3-mini-high vs xAI Grok‑1 — side-by-side specs.

OpenAI
o3-mini-high
xAI
Grok‑1
Overview
CompanyOpenAIxAI
Release dateJan 31 2025Nov 3 2023
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapGrok‑1 shipped 455 days before o3-mini-high

Which is better: o3-mini-high or Grok‑1?

o3-mini-high and Grok‑1 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Grok‑1 shipped 455 days before o3-mini-high, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Grok‑1 is an open-source / open-weight model; o3-mini-high is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was o3-mini-high released?
o3-mini-high was released by OpenAI on Jan 31 2025.
When was Grok‑1 released?
Grok‑1 was released by xAI on Nov 3 2023.
Is o3-mini-high or Grok‑1 open source?
Grok‑1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by xAI. o3-mini-high is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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