Grok 3 is 80.0% cheaper for input tokens ($3.00 vs. $15.00 per 1M tokens) and $15.00 vs. $60.00 for output tokens (5.0x cost advantage). In terms of operational performance, Grok 3 delivers lower response latency at 620ms TTFT (1980ms faster than o1) with 88 vs. 48 tok/s throughput. Grok 3 leads coding evaluations at 65.8% SWE-bench Verified vs. 48.9% for o1 and 84.6% vs. 78.0% on GPQA Diamond.
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Verified Performance & Unit Economics Delta (12 Dimensions)
Daily synchronized metrics across token pricing, prompt cache economics, latency, throughput, and 5 capability benchmarks.
Metric / Dimension
Grok 3
o1
Net Delta / Advantage
Input Cost / 1M Tokens
$3.00
$15.00
Grok 3 is 5.0x cheaper
Output Cost / 1M Tokens
$15.00
$60.00
Grok 3 (75.0% lower)
Prompt Cache Read / 1M
$0.750
$7.500
Grok 3 is 10.0x cheaper
Prompt Cache Write / 1M
$3.00
$15.00
Grok 3 is 5.0x cheaper
Context Window (Max Output)
134k (16k out)
205k (100k out)
o1 (1.5x larger context)
Avg TTFT Response Latency
620ms
2600ms
Grok 3 (1980ms faster)
Generation Speed (Throughput)
88 tok/s
48 tok/s
Grok 3 (+40 tok/s faster)
SWE-bench Verified (Coding)
65.8%
48.9%
Grok 3 (+16.9% lead)
GPQA Diamond (PhD STEM)
84.6%
78%
Grok 3 (+6.6% lead)
MMLU-Pro (Multi-Discipline)
80%
83.3%
o1 (+3.3% lead)
MATH-500 (Quantitative Logic)
89.8%
96.4%
o1 (+6.6% lead)
Inference Value Score (IVR)
52.7 / 100
37.2 / 100
Grok 3 (+15.5 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 (xAI) for massive compute foundation model specialized in PhD-level science reasoning, real-time data analysis, and enterprise logic — offering a 134k context window, 620ms TTFT, and $3.00/1M input pricing ($0.750/1M cached reads).
Grok 3 is cheaper at $3.00/1M input tokens ($15.00/1M output) compared to $15.00/1M input ($60.00/1M output) for o1.
Which model has lower TTFT latency and higher tok/s throughput: Grok 3 or o1?
Grok 3 delivers faster first-token latency at 620ms TTFT (88 tok/s throughput) compared to 2600ms TTFT (48 tok/s) for o1.
How do Grok 3 and o1 compare on SWE-bench coding and GPQA Diamond reasoning?
On SWE-bench Verified software engineering, Grok 3 scores 65.8% versus 48.9% for o1. On GPQA Diamond graduate-level STEM reasoning, Grok 3 scores 84.6% versus 78% for o1 (and 89.8% vs 96.4% on MATH-500).
When should you choose Grok 3?
Choose Grok 3 (xAI) for massive compute foundation model specialized in PhD-level science reasoning, real-time data analysis, and enterprise logic — offering a 134k context window, 620ms TTFT, and $3.00/1M input pricing ($0.750/1M cached reads).
When should you choose o1?
Choose o1 (OpenAI) for legacy reasoning benchmarks, scientific literature review, and complex mathematical proofs — offering a 204k context window, 2600ms TTFT, and $15.00/1M input pricing ($7.500/1M cached reads).
