Which model is better: DeepSeek V4 Pro or Grok 3 Mini?
Grok 3 Mini is 77.3% cheaper for input tokens ($0.30 vs. $1.32 per 1M tokens) and $1.20 vs. $3.96 for output tokens (4.4x cost advantage). In terms of operational performance, Grok 3 Mini delivers lower response latency at 150ms TTFT (370ms faster than DeepSeek V4 Pro) with 160 vs. 78 tok/s throughput. DeepSeek V4 Pro leads coding evaluations at 80.6% SWE-bench Verified vs. 54.0% for Grok 3 Mini and 90.1% vs. 68.0% on GPQA Diamond.
Verified daily via automated API latency tests and official documentation.
Zero-Shot RAG Verified
Verified Performance & Unit Economics Delta (12 Dimensions)
Daily synchronized metrics across token pricing, prompt cache economics, latency, throughput, and 5 capability benchmarks.
Metric / Dimension
DeepSeek V4 Pro
Grok 3 Mini
Net Delta / Advantage
Input Cost / 1M Tokens
$1.32
$0.30
Grok 3 Mini is 4.4x cheaper
Output Cost / 1M Tokens
$3.96
$1.20
Grok 3 Mini (69.7% lower)
Prompt Cache Read / 1M
$0.145
$0.080
Grok 3 Mini is 1.8x cheaper
Prompt Cache Write / 1M
$1.32
$0.30
Grok 3 Mini is 4.4x cheaper
Context Window (Max Output)
1,024k (128k out)
131k (16k out)
DeepSeek V4 Pro (7.8x larger context)
Avg TTFT Response Latency
520ms
150ms
Grok 3 Mini (370ms faster)
Generation Speed (Throughput)
78 tok/s
160 tok/s
Grok 3 Mini (+82 tok/s faster)
SWE-bench Verified (Coding)
80.6%
54%
DeepSeek V4 Pro (+26.6% lead)
GPQA Diamond (PhD STEM)
90.1%
68%
DeepSeek V4 Pro (+22.1% lead)
MMLU-Pro (Multi-Discipline)
88.4%
80%
DeepSeek V4 Pro (+8.4% lead)
MATH-500 (Quantitative Logic)
97.3%
87%
DeepSeek V4 Pro (+10.3% lead)
Inference Value Score (IVR)
67 / 100
69.2 / 100
Grok 3 Mini (+2.2 pts)
Interactive Monthly Token Economics & ROI Forecaster
Model production workloads across prompt, completion, and cached context tokens, or switch models on the fly.
Choose Grok 3 Mini (xAI) for high-speed reasoning model providing rapid answers and code generation with chain-of-thought capabilities at edge pricing — offering a 131k context window, 150ms TTFT, and $0.30/1M input pricing ($0.080/1M cached reads).
Grok 3 Mini is cheaper at $0.30/1M input tokens ($1.20/1M output) compared to $1.32/1M input ($3.96/1M output) for DeepSeek V4 Pro.
Which model has lower TTFT latency and higher tok/s throughput: DeepSeek V4 Pro or Grok 3 Mini?
Grok 3 Mini delivers faster first-token latency at 150ms TTFT (160 tok/s throughput) compared to 520ms TTFT (78 tok/s) for DeepSeek V4 Pro.
How do DeepSeek V4 Pro and Grok 3 Mini compare on SWE-bench coding and GPQA Diamond reasoning?
On SWE-bench Verified software engineering, DeepSeek V4 Pro scores 80.6% versus 54% for Grok 3 Mini. On GPQA Diamond graduate-level STEM reasoning, DeepSeek V4 Pro scores 90.1% versus 68% for Grok 3 Mini (and 97.3% vs 87% on MATH-500).
When should you choose DeepSeek V4 Pro?
Choose DeepSeek V4 Pro (DeepSeek) for open-weight 1.6T MoE powerhouse designed for cost-effective full-repository code generation, mathematical reasoning, and persistent chain-of-thought multi-step agent workflows — offering a 1,024k context window, 520ms TTFT, and $1.32/1M input pricing ($0.145/1M cached reads).
When should you choose Grok 3 Mini?
Choose Grok 3 Mini (xAI) for high-speed reasoning model providing rapid answers and code generation with chain-of-thought capabilities at edge pricing — offering a 131k context window, 150ms TTFT, and $0.30/1M input pricing ($0.080/1M cached reads).
