Grok 4.1 Fast vs Seed 2.0 Lite vs Ministral 3 14B
Too close to call on our weighted score (Seed 2.0 Lite 73, Grok 4.1 Fast 71, Ministral 3 14B 63). The right pick depends on what you value most.
xAIGrok 4.1 Fast
71/100- ECI—
- Price$0.20 / $0.50
- Context2M
ByteDance SeedSeed 2.0 Lite
73/100- ECI—
- Price$0.089 / $0.534
- Context256K
Mistral AIMinistral 3 14B
63/100- ECI—
- Price$0.268 / $0.325
- Context262K
Too close to call
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 2 points (Seed 2.0 Lite 73/100, Grok 4.1 Fast 71/100, Ministral 3 14B 63/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Seed 2.0 Lite on price and Grok 4.1 Fast for long inputs. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceSeed 2.0 LiteSeed 2.0 Lite $0.20 · Grok 4.1 Fast $0.275 · Ministral 3 14B $0.282 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextGrok 4.1 FastGrok 4.1 Fast 2,000,000 · Ministral 3 14B 262,144 · Seed 2.0 Lite 256,000 tokens
- Widest inputsSeed 2.0 LiteGrok 4.1 Fast: Text, Images · Seed 2.0 Lite: Text, Images, Video · Ministral 3 14B: Text, Images
- Self-hostingMinistral 3 14BPublishes downloadable weights (Apache 2.0)
| Measure | Weight | Grok 4.1 Fast | Seed 2.0 Lite | Ministral 3 14B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 76 | 83 | 76 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 60 | 80 | 60 |
| Context window | 20% | 72 | 36 | 37 |
| Overall | 100% | 71/100 | 73/100 | 63/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Grok 4.1 FastxAI | Seed 2.0 LiteByteDance Seed | Ministral 3 14BMistral AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.20 | $0.089 (best) | $0.268 |
| Output | $0.50 | $0.534 | $0.325 (best) |
| Cached input | — | $0.018 | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.275 | $0.20 (best) | $0.282 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Over 32K: $0.134 / $0.802 | Same rate |
| Price source | Median of 2 providers | Official Volcengine Ark API | Median of 2 providers |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 2,000,000 tokens (best) | 256,000 tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Max output | 30,000 tokens | 32,000 tokens | 262,144 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | No | Yesminimal · low · medium · high · xhigh · max | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary | OpenApache 2.0 |
| API model ID | — | doubao-seed-2-0-lite-260428 | — |
| API providers | 2 | 6 (best) | 2 |
| Released | Nov 19, 2025 | Feb 14, 2026 | Dec 2, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — | — |
What would a month cost?
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- Grok 4.1 Fast$3.00
- Seed 2.0 Lite$1.96
- Ministral 3 14B$3.33
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Grok 4.1 Fast, Seed 2.0 Lite or Ministral 3 14B?
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 2 points (Seed 2.0 Lite 73/100, Grok 4.1 Fast 71/100, Ministral 3 14B 63/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Seed 2.0 Lite on price and Grok 4.1 Fast for long inputs. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Grok 4.1 Fast, Seed 2.0 Lite or Ministral 3 14B?
Seed 2.0 Lite is cheaper at $0.089 input / $0.534 output per million tokens (official Volcengine Ark API price). Grok 4.1 Fast costs $0.20 input / $0.50 output per million tokens (median across 2 API providers); Ministral 3 14B costs $0.268 input / $0.325 output per million tokens (median across 2 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.20 per million tokens for Seed 2.0 Lite versus $0.275 for Grok 4.1 Fast (1.4× as much) and $0.282 for Ministral 3 14B (1.4× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Grok 4.1 Fast has not been scored yet, Seed 2.0 Lite has not been scored yet and Ministral 3 14B has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Grok 4.1 Fast, Seed 2.0 Lite and Ministral 3 14B yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Grok 4.1 Fast has the largest context window at 2,000,000 tokens, against 262,144 for Ministral 3 14B and 256,000 for Seed 2.0 Lite. Maximum output per response: Grok 4.1 Fast up to 30,000, Seed 2.0 Lite up to 32,000, Ministral 3 14B up to 262,144 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Grok 4.1 Fast accepts text and images; Seed 2.0 Lite accepts text, images and video; Ministral 3 14B accepts text and images. Seed 2.0 Lite handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Ministral 3 14B publishes its weights (Apache 2.0) and can be self-hosted; Grok 4.1 Fast and Seed 2.0 Lite is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Seed 2.0 Lite is the newest, released Feb 14, 2026. Ministral 3 14B came out Dec 2, 2025; Grok 4.1 Fast came out Nov 19, 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.
