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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Grok 4.3 vs Gemini 3 Pro Preview

Too close to call on our weighted score (Gemini 3 Pro Preview 67, Grok 4.3 67). The right pick depends on what you value most.

  1. xAI

    Grok 4.3

    Released Apr 17, 2026

    67/100
    • ECI149.2
    • Price$1.25 / $2.50
    • Context1M
    Full specs Remove Grok 4.3

  2. Google

    Gemini 3 Pro Preview

    Released Nov 18, 2025

    67/100
    • ECI153.0
    • Price$2.00 / $12.00
    • Context1.05M
    Full specs Remove Gemini 3 Pro Preview

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01 — Verdict

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), 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
  • Lowest priceGrok 4.3Grok 4.3 $1.56 · 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 tokens
  • Widest inputsGemini 3 Pro PreviewGrok 4.3: Text, Images, PDFs · Gemini 3 Pro Preview: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video
  • Self-hostingNo open weightsBoth are available only through APIs
How the score is built
MeasureWeightGrok 4.3Gemini 3 Pro Preview
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%7782
Price25%4119
Inputs & features15%80100
Context window10%6061
Overall100%67/10067/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

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Grok 4.3 vs Gemini 3 Pro Preview specifications side by side
SpecificationGrok 4.3xAIGemini 3 Pro PreviewGoogle
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)149.2153.0 (best)
ECI rank#55 of 148#39 of 148 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions88.8%92.6% (best)
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics42.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics93.3% (best)91.4%
SWE-bench VerifiedFixing real GitHub issues—72.9%
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions33.2%—
Price per million tokens
Input$1.25 (best)$2.00
Output$2.50 (best)$12.00
Cached input$0.20—
Blended (3:1)$1.56 (best)$4.50
Long-context rateOver 200K: $2.50 / $5.00Same rate
Price sourceOfficial xAI APIMedian of 2 providers
Limits
Context window1,000,000 tokens1,048,576 tokens (best)
Max output30,000 tokens65,536 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesYes
PDFsYesYes
AudioNoYes
VideoNoYes
ReasoningYeslow · medium · highYes
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputYesYes
Availability
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
API model IDgrok-4.3—
API providers27 (best)3
ReleasedApr 17, 2026Nov 18, 2025
Knowledge cutoff—Jan 2025
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • Grok 4.3$17.50
  • Gemini 3 Pro Preview$44.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Grok 4.3 or Gemini 3 Pro Preview?

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Gemini 3 Pro Preview 67/100, Grok 4.3 67/100), 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, Grok 4.3 or Gemini 3 Pro Preview?

Grok 4.3 is cheaper at $1.25 input / $2.50 output per million tokens (official xAI 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 $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) and Grok 4.3 149.2 (#55 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%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Grok 4.3 93.3%, Gemini 3 Pro Preview 91.4%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for 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. Both 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. Maximum output per response: Grok 4.3 up to 30,000, Gemini 3 Pro Preview up to 65,536 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Grok 4.3 accepts text, images and PDFs; Gemini 3 Pro Preview accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video. Gemini 3 Pro Preview handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

No. Grok 4.3 and Gemini 3 Pro Preview are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.

Which is newer?

Grok 4.3 is the newest, released Apr 17, 2026. Gemini 3 Pro Preview came out Nov 18, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: 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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