GPT-4 Turbo (older v1106) vs Grok 3 Mini Beta (Comparative Analysis)

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Comparative Analysis: GPT-4 Turbo (older v1106) vs. Grok 3 Mini Beta

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Overview

GPT-4 Turbo (older v1106) was released 1 year before Grok 3 Mini Beta.

	GPT-4 Turbo (older v1106)	Grok 3 Mini Beta
Model Provider The organization behind this AI's development	OpenAI	XAI
Input Context Window Maximum input tokens this model can process at once	128K tokens	131.1K tokens
Output Token Limit Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once	4.1K tokens	Not specified tokens
Release Date When this model first became publicly available	November 6, 2023 2 years ago November 6th, 2023	April 9, 2025 7 months ago April 9th, 2025

Capabilities & Features

Compare supported features, modalities, and advanced capabilities

	GPT-4 Turbo (older v1106)	Grok 3 Mini Beta
Input Types Supported input formats	📝Text	📝Text
Output Types Supported output formats	📝Text	📝Text
Tokenizer Text encoding system	GPT	Grok
Key Features Advanced capabilities	✓Function Calling✓Structured OutputReasoning Mode✓Content Moderation	✓Function Calling✓Structured Output✓Reasoning ModeContent Moderation

Pricing

GPT-4 Turbo (older v1106) is roughly 33.3x more expensive compared to Grok 3 Mini Beta for input tokens and roughly 60.0x more expensive for output tokens.

	GPT-4 Turbo (older v1106)	Grok 3 Mini Beta
Input Token Cost Cost per million input tokens	$10.00 per million tokens	$0.30 per million tokens
Output Token Cost Cost per million outut tokens	$30.00 per million tokens	$0.50 per million tokens

Benchmarks

Compare relevant benchmarks between GPT-4 Turbo (older v1106) and Grok 3 Mini Beta.

	GPT-4 Turbo (older v1106)	Grok 3 Mini Beta
MMLU Measures knowledge across 57 subjects like law, math, history, and science	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.
MMMU Measures understanding of combined text and images across various domains	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.
HellaSwag Measures common sense reasoning by having models complete sentences about everyday situations	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.

At a Glance

Quick overview of what makes GPT-4 Turbo (older v1106) and Grok 3 Mini Beta unique.

GPT-4 Turbo (older v1106) by OpenAI can use external tools and APIs, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 128K token context window. Premium pricing at $10.00/M input and $30.00/M output tokens. Includes built-in content moderation for safer outputs. Released November 6th, 2023.

Grok 3 Mini Beta by XAI can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 131.1K token context window. Very affordable at $0.30/M input and $0.50/M output tokens. Released April 9th, 2025.