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Grok 3 Mini
Grok 3 Mini is a proprietary model from xAI. It ranks #187 of 351 on the LMArena text leaderboard with a rating of 1370.
LMArena text1370
Rank#187/351
95% interval1364–1375
Votes15.6K
- Developer
- xAI
- Released
- Oct 20, 2026
- Context window
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- Price in / out, per 1M tokens
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- Weights
- Proprietary
- Inputs
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- Reasoning
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- Tool use
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LMArena, by category
| Leaderboard | Rating | Rank | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| TextLMArena | 1370 | 187 / 351 | 15.6K |
| CodingLMArena | 1379 | 196 / 346 | 3.2K |
| MathLMArena | 1386 | 183 / 339 | 967 |
| Creative writingLMArena | 1334 | 186 / 349 | 1.9K |
| Instruction followingLMArena | 1357 | 182 / 351 | 4.2K |
| Hard promptsLMArena | 1374 | 182 / 351 | 7.3K |
| Multi-turnLMArena | 1355 | 198 / 349 | 2.5K |
| Long queriesLMArena | 1372 | 181 / 330 | 3.2K |
| ExpertLMArena | 1395 | 167 / 305 | 911 |
| Legal and governmentIndustries | 1391 | 169 / 325 | 1.1K |
| Medicine and healthcareIndustries | 1390 | 169 / 325 | 956 |
| Business and financeIndustries | 1344 | 202 / 344 | 2.6K |
| ChineseLanguages | 1387 | 191 / 328 | 870 |
| SpanishLanguages | 1360 | 183 / 249 | 322 |
| GermanLanguages | 1350 | 173 / 261 | 416 |
| FrenchLanguages | 1347 | 195 / 252 | 170 |
| JapaneseLanguages | 1317 | 151 / 236 | 398 |
LMArena, CC BY 4.0, as of Oct 22, 2026. Where a model is rated at several effort levels, its best is shown.
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xAI
The lab behind Grok, trained on one of the largest compute clusters and integrated with X. Founded 2023, based in San Francisco Bay Area. x.ai
Questions
Who makes Grok 3 Mini?
Grok 3 Mini is made by xAI, founded 2023 and based in San Francisco Bay Area.
How does Grok 3 Mini rank?
#187 of 351 on LMArena’s text leaderboard, rated 1370 (95% interval 1364–1375) from 15,591 votes, as of Oct 22, 2026.
Is Grok 3 Mini open source?
No. Grok 3 Mini is proprietary and served through its provider’s API.