Grok-3
grok-3
Last refreshed 2026-05-16. Next refresh: weekly.
Grok-3 is a legacy integration reference; evaluate Grok 4.3 before starting new work.
Decision context: Coding task fit, 4 tracked provider routes, and research from 2026-05-16.
Use it for
- Teams maintaining an existing integration
- Workloads that can use a 1M context window
- Buyers comparing 3 tracked provider routes
Do not use it for
- New production launches
Cheapest output
$2.40
Chutes AI per 1M tokens
Provider routes
4
Tracked API hosts
Quality / dollar
Unknown
No output-token price in the ladder
Freshness
2026-05-16
Researched 2d ago
This API model is marked deprecated. Use Grok 4.3 as the replacement candidate before sending new production traffic.
Top use-case fit
Coding
1 relevant benchmark in the decision map.
RAG
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Agents
Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.
Provider price ladder
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chutes AI | $0.800 | $2.40 | Serverless |
| Microsoft Foundry | $3.00 | $15.00 | Serverless |
| OpenRouter | $3.00 | $15.00 | Serverless |
Benchmark peer barsfor Coding
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
About
Grok-3 is a 2025 xAI model confirmed for May 15, 2026 retirement; use Grok 4.3 for current API work.
Grok-3 has a 1M-token context window.
Grok-3 input tokens at $0.8/1M, output at $2.4/1M.
Capabilities
Benchmark Scores(4)
| Benchmark | Score | Version | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 53.3 | 2026-04 | https://aider.chat/docs/leaderboards |
| Chatbot Arena | 1405.0 | — | https://lmarena.ai |
| Massive Multi-discipline Multimodal Understanding | 78.0 | — | https://mmmu-benchmark.github.io/ |
| MMLU PRO | 79.9 | — | https://huggingface.co/spaces/TIGER-Lab/MMLU-Pro |
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