GPT-5.4 mini vs Gemini 3 Pro Preview vs Grok 4.3
Too close to call on our weighted score (Gemini 3 Pro Preview 67, Grok 4.3 67, GPT-5.4 mini 63). The right pick depends on what you value most.
OpenAIGPT-5.4 mini
63/100- ECI148.8
- Price$0.75 / $4.50
- Context400K
GoogleGemini 3 Pro Preview
67/100- ECI153.0
- Price$2.00 / $12.00
- Context1.05M
xAIGrok 4.3
67/100- ECI149.2
- Price$1.25 / $2.50
- Context1M
Too close to call
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Gemini 3 Pro Preview 67/100, Grok 4.3 67/100, GPT-5.4 mini 63/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Gemini 3 Pro Preview for raw capability and Grok 4.3 on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
- CapabilityGemini 3 Pro PreviewCapabilities Index (ECI): Gemini 3 Pro Preview 153.0 · Grok 4.3 149.2 · GPT-5.4 mini 148.8
- Lowest priceGrok 4.3Grok 4.3 $1.56 · GPT-5.4 mini $1.69 · Gemini 3 Pro Preview $4.50 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextGemini 3 Pro PreviewGemini 3 Pro Preview 1,048,576 · Grok 4.3 1,000,000 · GPT-5.4 mini 400,000 tokens
- Widest inputsGemini 3 Pro PreviewGPT-5.4 mini: Text, Images · Gemini 3 Pro Preview: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · Grok 4.3: Text, Images, PDFs
- Self-hostingNo open weightsAll three are available only through APIs
| Measure | Weight | GPT-5.4 mini | Gemini 3 Pro Preview | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 77 | 82 | 77 |
| Price | 25% | 39 | 19 | 41 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 70 | 100 | 80 |
| Context window | 10% | 44 | 61 | 60 |
| Overall | 100% | 63/100 | 67/100 | 67/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | GPT-5.4 miniOpenAI | Gemini 3 Pro PreviewGoogle | Grok 4.3xAI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 148.8 | 153.0 (best) | 149.2 |
| ECI rank | #56 of 148 | #39 of 148 (best) | #55 of 148 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 86.9% | 92.6% (best) | 88.8% |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 51.2% (best) | — | 42.8% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 88.9% | 91.4% | 93.3% (best) |
| SWE-bench VerifiedFixing real GitHub issues | — | 72.9% | — |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | 29.4% | — | 33.2% (best) |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.75 (best) | $2.00 | $1.25 |
| Output | $4.50 | $12.00 | $2.50 (best) |
| Cached input | $0.075 (best) | — | $0.20 |
| Blended (3:1) | $1.69 | $4.50 | $1.56 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Over 200K: $2.50 / $5.00 |
| Price source | Official OpenAI API | Median of 2 providers | Official xAI API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 400,000 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens (best) | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Max output | 128,000 tokens (best) | 65,536 tokens | 30,000 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | No | Yes | Yes |
| Audio | No | Yes | No |
| Video | No | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | Yeslow · medium · high · xhigh | Yes | Yeslow · medium · high |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| API model ID | gpt-5.4-mini | — | grok-4.3 |
| API providers | 29 (best) | 3 | 27 |
| Released | Mar 17, 2026 | Nov 18, 2025 | Apr 17, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Aug 31, 2025 | Jan 2025 | — |
What would a month cost?
Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.
- GPT-5.4 mini$16.50
- Gemini 3 Pro Preview$44.00
- Grok 4.3$17.50
Which should you choose?
Which is better: GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3 Pro Preview or Grok 4.3?
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Gemini 3 Pro Preview 67/100, Grok 4.3 67/100, GPT-5.4 mini 63/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Gemini 3 Pro Preview for raw capability and Grok 4.3 on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3 Pro Preview or Grok 4.3?
Grok 4.3 is cheaper at $1.25 input / $2.50 output per million tokens (official xAI API price). GPT-5.4 mini costs $0.75 input / $4.50 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price); Gemini 3 Pro Preview costs $2.00 input / $12.00 output per million tokens (median across 2 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $1.56 per million tokens for Grok 4.3 versus $1.69 for GPT-5.4 mini (1.1× as much) and $4.50 for Gemini 3 Pro Preview (2.9× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Gemini 3 Pro Preview scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Gemini 3 Pro Preview 153.0 (#39 of 148), Grok 4.3 149.2 (#55 of 148) and GPT-5.4 mini 148.8 (#56 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (150.6–155.2 vs 147.6–150.8), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Gemini 3 Pro Preview 92.6%, Grok 4.3 88.8%, GPT-5.4 mini 86.9%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Grok 4.3 93.3%, Gemini 3 Pro Preview 91.4%, GPT-5.4 mini 88.9%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for GPT-5.4 mini and Grok 4.3 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Gemini 3 Pro Preview leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 3 Pro Preview has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 1,000,000 for Grok 4.3 and 400,000 for GPT-5.4 mini. Maximum output per response: GPT-5.4 mini up to 128,000, Gemini 3 Pro Preview up to 65,536, Grok 4.3 up to 30,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
GPT-5.4 mini accepts text and images; Gemini 3 Pro Preview accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; Grok 4.3 accepts text, images and PDFs. Gemini 3 Pro Preview handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
No. GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3 Pro Preview and Grok 4.3 are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.
Which is newer?
Grok 4.3 is the newest, released Apr 17, 2026. GPT-5.4 mini came out Mar 17, 2026; Gemini 3 Pro Preview came out Nov 18, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: GPT-5.4 mini Aug 31, 2025, Gemini 3 Pro Preview Jan 2025.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
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