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Grok 3 Mini

A lightweight model that thinks before responding. Fast, smart, and great for logic-based tasks that do not require deep domain knowledge. The raw thinking traces are accessible.

Creator: xAI
Lifecycle: Active
Context: 131.1K
Max output: —
Released: Jun 10, 2025
Status: up

Input: $0.30 / 1M tokens
Output: $0.50 / 1M tokens
Cached read: $0.07 / 1M tokens
Cached write: — / 1M tokens
Batch discount: —%
Source: OpenRouter
Verified: Apr 5, 2026 (High)

Capabilities

Modalities: text→text
Capabilities: reasoningpromptCachingfunctionCallingstructuredOutputs

Official Links

Intro

https://openrouter.ai/x-ai/grok-3-mini

Docs

https://openrouter.ai/x-ai/grok-3-mini

Pricing

https://openrouter.ai/models

Benchmark Coverage

Benchmark	Version	Score	Date	Source	Notes

Release History

Release	Alias	Lifecycle	Release Date	Deprecation	Shutdown	Summary
Grok 3 Mini	x-ai-grok-3-mini	Active	Jun 10, 2025	—	—	Model available via OpenRouter.

Host Coverage

Host	Type	Context	Pricing Note	Differences
OpenRouter	aggregator	131.1K	$0.30/1M in · $0.50/1M out via OpenRouter	—

Migration Guidance

Change Events

Date	Type	Title	Description	Source
Jun 10, 2025	family_added	Grok 3 Mini published	Model made available via OpenRouter.	OpenRouter

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